The determination of papanicolaou smear adequacy using a semiquantitative method to evaluate cellularity

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 576-580

  Valente, Philip T ^a   Schantz, H Daniel ^a   Trabal, Jose F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy index; Cervicovaginal smears; Endocervical cells; False negatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX DYSPLASIA; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0026275119     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840070606     Document Type: Article

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