Internal quality assurance in cervical cytology - One laboratory's experience

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Cross, P A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; False negative dyskaryotic rate; Internal quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0029982052     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1996.37682376.x     Document Type: Article

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