Liquid-based cervical-cell collection with brushes and wooden spatulas: A comparison of 100 conventional smears from high-risk women to liquid-fixed cytocentrifuge slides, demonstrating a cost-effective, alternative monolayer slide preparation method

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-91

  Johnson, Timothy ^a   Maksem, John A ^a   Belsheim, Beverly L ^a   Roose, Ellen B ^a   Klock, Lisa A ^a   Eatwell, Lorie ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayre spatula; Cervico vaginal cytology; CytoRich Red; CytoRich Yellow; Hettich cytocentrifuge; Liquid based processing; MedScand cytobrush

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

CENTRIFUGATION; CERVIX UTERI; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033978570     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200002)22:2<86::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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