Utility of additional slides from residual preservcyt™ material in difficult ThinPrep® gynecologic specimens: A prospective study of 58 cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-147

  Hoerl, H Daniel ^a,b   Wagner, Joanne L ^b   De Las Casas, Luis E ^a   Shalkham, John E ^b   Hafez, G Reza ^a   Kurtycz, Daniel F I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional slides; Detection rates; Gynecologic cytology; ThinPrep method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034894510     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.2023     Document Type: Article

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