Loa loa presenting in a ThinPrep® Pap test™: Case report and review of parasites in cervicovaginal cytology specimens

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-171

  Stelow, Edward B ^a   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^b   Bardales, Ricardo H ^a   Cartwright, Charles P ^a   Reif, Christopher J ^a   Stanley, Michael W ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cervicovaginal smear; Cytology; Loa loa; Pap test; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOA LOA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0041315570     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10347     Document Type: Review

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