## BACKGROUND. The Bethesda System recommends reporting benign endometrial cells in cervical smears from postmenopausal (PMP) women as a glandular cell abnormality. However, PMP women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) sometimes may experience endometrial shedding. The significance of such a fin
Significance of histiocytes in cervical smears from peri/postmenopausal women
β Scribed by Rosemary Tambouret; Debra A. Bell; Barbara A. Centeno
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.1058
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