The preparation of additional smears from a cervical scrape: Impact on the rate of detection of cervical neoplasia

Cytopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 151-156

  Al Awadhi, R ^a   Byrne, M ^b   Coleman, D V ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Additional smears; Papanicolaou smears (cervical smears); Sampling error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034968770     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2001.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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