Prevalence, identification and significance of fiber contaminants in cervical smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 489-495

  Van Hoeven, Karen H ^a   Bertolini, P Kelley ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Smear contaminants; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAMPON; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029975524     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333904     Document Type: Article

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