Efficiency of PAPNET in Detecting Infectious Organisms in Cervicovaginal Smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 885-888

  Ashfaq, Raheela ^a,b   Thomas, Shala ^a,c   Saboorian, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Mass screening; PAPNET; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0029742941     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333997     Document Type: Article

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