Comparison of Manual and Automated Methods of Liquid-Based Cytology: A Morphologic Study

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Alves, Venancio Avancini Ferreira ^a,d   Bibbo, Marluce ^b   Schmitt, Fernando Carlos Landèr ^c   Milanezi, Fernanda ^c   Filho, Adhemar Longatto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autocyte PREP; Cervix diseases; Cervix neoplasms; DNACITOLIQ System; Mass screening; Papanicolaou smear; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 1642393090     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326314     Document Type: Article

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