Thin-layer Pap test vs. Conventional Pap smear: Analysis of 400 split samples

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-13

  Biscotti, Charles V ^a   O'Brien, Dawn L ^a   Gero, Margaret A ^a   Gramlich, Terry L ^a   Kennedy, Alexander W ^a   Easley, Kirk A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Papanicolaou smear; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; ONCOLOGY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TECHNOLOGY; THIN LAYER PAPANICALOU TEST;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036150940     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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