CytoRich liquid-based cervical cytologic test: Screening results in a routine cytopathology service

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 198-202

  Vassilakos, Pierre ^a,b   Griffin, Sayuri ^a   Megevand, Eric ^a   Campana, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoires de Cytopath   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AutoCyte PREP; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; CytoRich; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0031933524     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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