The comparative diagnostic accuracy of conventional and liquid-based cytology in a colposcopic setting

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1542-1546

  Hussein, T ^a,c   Desai, M ^a   Tomlinson, A ^b   Kitchener, H C ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESERVATION SOLUTION; PRESERVCYT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPLIT SAMPLE TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33644615583     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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