Spinthin, a simple, inexpensive technique for preparation of thin-layer cervical cytology from liquid-based specimens data on 791 cases

Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 135-142

  Khalbuss, Walid E ^a   Rudomina, Dorota ^a   Kauff, Noah D ^a   Chuang, Linus ^a   Melamed, Myron R ^a,b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Cytology technique; Liquid based cytology; Monolayer preparation; Papanicolaou smear; Technique

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034713557     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000625)90:3<135::AID-CNCR1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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