Cell block findings from residual Preservcyt™ samples in unsatisfactory Thinprep® Paps: No additional benefit

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 238-243

  Kabbani, Wareef ^a   Raisanen, Jack ^a   Thomas, Shala ^a   Hossein Saboorian, M ^a   Ashfaq, Raheela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TISSUE EMBEDDING; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036788575     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10173     Document Type: Article

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