Implications of low diagnostic reproducibility of cervical cytologic and histologic diagnoses

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1506-1508

  Selvaggi, S M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0035925776     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.11.1506     Document Type: Note

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