Combined use of the “Scratch and Smear” sampling technique and ultrafast papanicolaou stain for intraoperative cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1513-1518

  Yang, Grace C H ^a   Hoda, Syed A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative period; Scratch and smear technique; Stains and staining; Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SMEAR; STAINING;

EID: 0030866058     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332868     Document Type: Article

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