The thinprep pap test

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-38

  Linder, James ^a   Zahniser, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cytyc Corporation; Mass screening; Thin Prep

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CYTOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0031054540     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332302     Document Type: Article

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