Performance of a fluid-based, thin-layer Papanicolaou smear method in the clinical setting of an independent laboratory and an outpatient screening population in new England

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 817-821

  Díaz Rosario, Luis A ^a   Kabawat, Salim E ^a  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032819912     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/1999-123-0817-poafbt     Document Type: Article

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