Liquid-based cytology: Is this the way forward for cervical screening?

Cytopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-82

  Moseley, R P ^a   Paget, S ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AutoCyte PREP; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Liquid based cytology; Liquid based preparations; Mass screening; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDLINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036224545     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2002.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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