Use of the Thin Prep® Pap Test(TM) in clinical practice

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-73

  Guidos, Barbara J ^a   Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy and detection rates; Gynecologic cytology; Thin Prep method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TECHNICAL AID; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032587638     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199902)20:2<70::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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