Resolving ASCUS without recourse to HPV testing: Manual reprocessing of residual automated liquid-based cytology (ALBC) material using manual liquid-based cytology (MLBC)

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 434-440

  Maksem, John A ^a   Bedrossian, Carlos W M ^b   Kurtycz, Daniel ^c   Sewall, Sarah ^c   Shalkham, John ^c   Dhanwada, Vijaya ^d   Lind, Heidi ^e   Bibbo, Marluce ^f   Weidmann, James ^g   Kane, Bruce ^g   Fu, Yao Shi ^h  

^a Bostwick Laboratories   (United States)

^b Norwegian American Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^h Northridge Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated liquid based cytology; Gynecologic cytology; HPV testing; Manual liquid based cytology; Thin layer alternatives; Thin Prep

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; AUTOMATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28844435678     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20324     Document Type: Review

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