Effects of dilute aceticacid on the cervical smear

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1091-1094

  Cronjé, Hendrik S ^a   Divall, Peter ^a   Bam, Roosmarie H ^a   Cooreman, Bruno F ^a   Niemand, Illse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acetic acids; Cervical smear

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030877654     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332793     Document Type: Article

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