Evaluation of the ThinPrep Pap Test in clinical practice: A seven- month, 16,314-case experience in Northern Vermont

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 203-208

  Papillo, Jacalyn L ^b   Zarka, Matthew A ^a,b   St John, Timothy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c MCHV Campus ^*

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Mass screening; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE PREPARATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031886661     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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