Cytodiagnosis in cervical neoplasia: From the Babes/Papanicolaou smear to the actual Bethesda System

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 173-177

  Virtej, P ^a,b   Vasiliu, C ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Screening of cervical cancer; The Bethesda System

Indexed keywords

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0344392732     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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