Comparison of conventional pap smears and a liquid-based thin-layer preparation

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 855-859

  Takei, Hidehiro ^a,b   Ruiz, Bernardo ^b   Hicks, John ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora shift; Candida species; Liquid based thin layer preparation; Papanicolaou smears; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID BASED THIN LAYER PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TECHNIQUE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33744474310     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/4MM7-0KG5-88EM-045R     Document Type: Article

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