Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude a high-grade intraepithelial lesion and its clinical significance in postmenopausal, pregnant, postpartum, and contraceptive-use patients

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-488

  Patton, Amber L ^a   Duncan, Lisa ^a   Bloom, Leneord ^b   Phaneuf, Geneen ^b   Zafar, Nadeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cells; Cannot exclude a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; Contraceptive; Postmenopausal; Postpartum; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 59849120159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23949     Document Type: Review

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