Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: Bethesda classification and association with human papillomavirus

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Murta, Eddie Fernando Candido ^a   Barcelos, Ana Cristina MacÊdo ^a   Michelin, Márcia Antoniazi ^a   Adad, Sheila Jorge ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; BETHESDA CLASSIFICATION; CANDIDA; CELL DAMAGE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 80052670768     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/904674     Document Type: Article

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