Clinical significance of reporting benign-appearing endometrial cells in Pap tests in women aged 40 years and over

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Jones, Elizabeth R ^a   Frain, Barbara McGahey ^a   Crabtree, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrium; Hormone replacement therapy; Papanicolaou test; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 59849100870     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325080     Document Type: Article

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