The Papanicolaou smear and the obstetric patient: A simple test with great benefits

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-3

  Michael, Claire W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; OBSTETRICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033054187     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199907)21:1<1::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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