Anal-rectal cytology: A review

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 538-546

  Bean, Sarah M ^a   Chhieng, David C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIN; Anal cytology; HPV; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CYTOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; RECTUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77954389122     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21242     Document Type: Review

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