Performance of a new, liquid-based cervical screening technique in the clinical setting of a large French laboratory

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 753-761

  Bergeron, Christine ^b   Fagnani, Francis ^a  

^a Conseil en Economie Medicale/KA ^*  (France)

^b LABORATOIRE CERBA   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Liquid based cytology; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0141595129     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326601     Document Type: Article

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