Cytohistological correlation as a measure of quality assurance of a cytology laboratory

Cytopathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-107

  Sodhani, P ^a   Singh, V ^a   Das, D K ^a   Bhambhani, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology and quality control; Cytohistological correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030895207     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1997.tb00591.x     Document Type: Article

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