Cytologic features of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in ThinPrep Papanicolaou test slides: Comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 746-748

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Schulte, Michael A ^b   Plott, Elizabeth ⁱ   Dubray Benstein, Barbara ^c   Cobb, Camilla J ^d   Lozano, Richard L ^e   Neal, Margaret H ^f   Hughes, Jonathan H ^g   Young, Nancy A ^h   Prey, Marianne ⁱ  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b St Michael Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Cunningham Pathology   (United States)

^f KWB Pathology Associates   (United States)

^g Laboratory Med Consultants Ltd   (United States)

^h FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 3042841598     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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