The lower anogenital squamous terminology standardization project for HPV-associated lesions: background and consensus recommendations from the college of american pathologists and the american society for colposcopy and cervical pathology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1266-1297

  Darragh, Teresa M ^a   Colgan, Terence J ^b   Thomas Cox, J ^c   Heller, Debra S ^c   Henry, Michael R ^d   Luff, Ronald D ^e,f   McCalmont, Timothy ^a   Nayar, Ritu ^g   Palefsky, Joel M ^a   Stoler, Mark H ^h   Wilkinson, Edward J ⁱ   Zaino, Richard J ^j   Wilbur, David C ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Human papillomavirus; P16; Squamous intraepithelial lesion; Superficially invasive carcinoma; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ANUS TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84868332181     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.LGT200570     Document Type: Article

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