A clinical review of borderline glandular cells reported on liquid-based cervical cytology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1051-1059

  Patel, A ^a   Thampy, N ^a   Hemming, D ^a   Naik, R ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells of uncertain significance; borderline glandular cells; cervical cancer; intra epithelial neoplasia; liquid based cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRECANCER; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77954420058     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02477.x     Document Type: Review

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