Do borderline nuclear changes in gynaecological cytology constitute a reliable reporting category?

Cytopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-231

  Slater, David N ^a   Hewer, E M ^a   Rice, S ^a   Melling, S E ^a   Parsons, P ^a   Caughley, L ^a   Shah, S ^a   Gregory, L ^a   Robinson, I ^a   Rogers, S ^a   Sayer, B ^a   Shaw, P ^a   Patel, H ^a   Hunt, C ^a   Smith, J ^a   Booth, P ^a   Hulman, G ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderline nuclear changes; Cervical screening; Education; Slide exchange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 18544375931     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2002.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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