ThinPrep® Pap test promotes detection of glandular lesions of the endocervix

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-22

  Hongwei, Bai ^a   Sung, C James ^a   Steinhoff, Margaret M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance; Endocervical glandular lesions; Pap test; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033624015     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<19::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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