The use of cytospin monolayer technique in the cytological diagnosis of vulval and anal disease

Cytopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 297-305

  Levine, T S ^a   Rolfe, K J ^b   Crow, J ^a   Styles, S ^b   Perrett, C W ^b   Maclean, A B ^b   Reid, W M N ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytology; Cytospin; Dyskaryosis; Vulval disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS CELL; TECHNIQUE; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA DISEASE;

EID: 0035788443     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2001.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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