Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: Interlaboratory comparison and quality assurance monitors

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 390-396

  Davey, Diane D ^a,b,c,d   Naryshkin, Sonya ^a,b,c,d   Nielsen, Mary L ^a,b,c,d   Kline, Tilde S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ASCUS; Atypical squamous cells; Bethesda System; Interlaboratory comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CELL NUCLEUS; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; CERVIX UTERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0028630639     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840110416     Document Type: Article

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