False positive diagnosis in conventional and liquid-based cervical specimens

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-371

  Mount, Sharon ^a   Harmon, Maureen ^a   Eltabbakh, Gamal ^b   Uyar, Denise ^c   Leiman, Gladwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Lake Champlain Gynecologic Oncology   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; False positive diagnosis; Laboratory diagnosis; Liquid based cytology; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; KERATINIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 2442680506     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326386     Document Type: Review

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