Use of thin-layer preparations for gynecologic smears with emphasis on the cytomorphology of high-grade intraepithelial lesions and carcinomas

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-211

  Wilbur, David C ^a   Dubeshter, Brent ^a   Angel, Cynthia ^a   Atkison, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Cervix; Cytology; Dysplasia; Thin layer preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029970314     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199604)14:3<201::AID-DC2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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