ThinPrep pap test. Accuracy for glandular disease

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Ashfaq, Raheela ^a,c   Gibbons, David ^a   Vela, Cindi ^b   Saboorian, M Hossein ^a   Iliya, Fawzi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; AGUS; AIS; Cervical smears; Mass screening; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032963175     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330872     Document Type: Article

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