Intralaboratory reproducibility of cervical cytology diagnoses in the external quality assurance scheme of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 404-408

  Sama, Donatella ^a   Cotignoli, Tullia ^a   Guerrini, Laura ^a   Maioli, Patrizia ^a   Sintoni, Catia ^a   Bucchi, Lauro ^a,b,c  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ravenna Health Care Administration   (Italy)

^c Romagna Cancer Registry   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029921748     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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