AutoCyte Prep® system vs. conventional cervical cytology: Comparison based on 2,156 cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Minge, Lisa ^a   Fleming, Maureen ^a   VanGeem, Thomas ^a   Bishop, John W ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AutoCyte ; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Computer assisted diagnosis; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TISSUE SECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034077113     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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