'Litigation cells' in the Papanicolaou smear: Extramural review of smears by 'experts'

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-295

  Frable, William J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030965460     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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