Cytological features of transitional cell metaplasia of the lower female genital tract

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-118

  Murali, Rajmohan ^a,b,c   Loughman, Noel T ^a   Pagliuso, Julia ^a   McKenzie, Paul R ^a   Watson, Geoffrey F ^a   Earls, Peter ^d   Russell, Peter ^a,c,e  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Cancer Institute New South Wales   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cervix; Cytology; Cytopathology; Diagnosis; Transitional cell metaplasia; Vagina

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649103555     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313020903494110     Document Type: Article

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