Performance of ThinPrep liquid-based cervical cytology in comparison with conventionally prepared Papanicolaou smears: A quantitative survey

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Abulafia, Ovadia ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^a,b   Sherer, David M ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0037824472     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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