Autopap system performance in screening for low prevalence and small cell abnormalities

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-64

  Lee, James S J ^a   Wilhelm, Paul ^a   Kuan, Leonard ^a   Ellison, Dayle G ^a   Lei, Xingye ^a   Oh, Seho ^a   Patten, Stanley E ^a  

^a NeoPath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AutoPap; Cervical smears; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031054541     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332306     Document Type: Article

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