Preliminary assessment of the AutoCyte PREP: Direct-to-vial performance

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 912-916

  Tench, W ^a  

^a PALOMAR POMERADO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AutoCyte PREP; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Liquid based preparations; Mass screening; Papanicolaou smear; Thin layer preparations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033644971     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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