Acta Med. 2004, 47: 43-46

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.65

Cytologic Differential Diagnostic Problems in Ulcerative Cervicitis

Demetrio Tamiolakisa, Athanasia Kotinib, Nikoleta Koutlakic, Georgios Galaziosc, Vasilios Liberisc, Panagiotis Anastasiadisc

aChania Hospital, Depatment of Cytology, Chania, Greece
bDemocritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Laboratory of Medical Physics, Alexandroupolis, Greece
cDemocritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Received August 1, 2003
Accepted October 1, 2003

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