Diagnostic efficacy and validity of the thinprep method in cervical cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Tezuka, Fumiaki ^a,b   Oikawa, Hiroe ^a,b   Shuki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Higashiiwai, Hisashi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMEAR; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029895367     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333908     Document Type: Article

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