AutoPap system detection of infections and benign cellular changes: Results from primary screener clinical trials

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 355-358

  Wilbur, David C ^a,b   Prey, Marianne U ^c   Miller, William M ^d   Pawlick, Gene F ^e   Colgan, Terence J ^f   Dax Taylor, D ^g  

^a NeoPath Inc   (United States)

^b Genesee Hospital   (United States)

^c SmithKline Beecham Clin Labs   (United States)

^d SmithKline Beecham Clin Labs   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MDS Laboratories   (Canada)

^g QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated screening; AutoPap; Benign cellular change; Cervix; Infection

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TRICHOMONAS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CERVIX UTERI; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032692909     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199911)21:5<355::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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