Protocol for the processing of bloody cervical specimens: Glacial acetic acid and the Thinprep® Pap Test™

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-213

  Haack, Lori A ^a   O'Brien, Derek ^a   Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial acetic acid protocol; Gynecologic cytology; ThinPrep Pap Test

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; BLOOD; CERVIX UTERI; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33644890168     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20437     Document Type: Article

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