Automated slide preparation system for the clinical laboratory

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  Zahniser, David J ^a   Hurley, Anne A ^b  

^a Cytyc Corporation   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Cytometric Consulting ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Automated cytology; Dispersion; Filter transfer; Pap smears; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029969621     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960315)26:1<60::AID-CYTO9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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