Ki-67 immunostaining in Pap smears of cervix: Assessment of proliferation in preinvasive and invasive squamous epithelial lesions

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Pahuja, Sangeeta ^a,b   Choudhury, Monisha ^a   Gupta, Usha ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervix; Ki 67; Pap smears

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PEROXIDASE ANTIPEROXIDASE COMPLEX; PREINVASIVE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM LESION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM LESION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 4444300991     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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