Is liquid-based Pap testing affected by water-based lubricant?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-70

  Hathaway, Jon K ^a   Pathak, Pramod K ^a   Maney, Rhonda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID BASED PAPANICOLAOU TEST; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VAGINITIS; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33644864609     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000192512.03576.da     Document Type: Article

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