Cervical cytologic smear false negative fraction: Reduction in a small community hospital

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1690-1696

  Wang, Scott E ^a,b   Ritchie, Michael J ^a,b   Atkinson, Barbara F ^a,b  

^a Newport Hospital   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Diagnosis; False negative fraction; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0030724306     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333169     Document Type: Article

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