Cervical cytology: An audit in a Singapore Teaching Hospital

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 256-260

  Thamboo, Thomas Paulraj ^a   Salto Tellez, M ^a   Tan, K B ^a   Nilsson, B ^a   Rajwanshi, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ASCUS; Cervix; Cytology; Review; Screening

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0043237843     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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