title: [The cytological characteristics of the squamous epithelium of the cervix uteri in women living under the conditions of an elevated radiation background].
abstract: Cytomorphological signs of epithelial cells were analyzed in scraping off the cervix uteri of 607 women living in the zone of increased radiation background. The examined group consisted mainly of women aged 30 to 50. In 9.3% (57 cases) dysplastic changes in the squamous epithelium were revealed, among which slight dysplasia predominated -- basal-cell hyperactivity (40 cases). No cases of malignant transformation were detected. The authors noted some signs which commonly do not occur in the absence of an increased radiation background and may be conditionally regarded as a result of indirect effect of radiation on female cells.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Agamova
authors.forename: Z D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Gladunova
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Sotnikova
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Aleksandrova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012426:Russia; D014455:Ukraine; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
vernacular_title: Tsitologicheskie kharakteristiki ploskogo épiteliia sheĭki matki u zhenshchin, prozhivaiushchikh v uslioviiakh povyshennogo radiatsionnogo fonda.