The PapSpin: A reasonable alternative to other, more expensive liquid-based Papanicolaou tests

Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Rosenthal, Dorothy L ^a,d   Geddes, Susan ^b   Trimble, Cornelia L ^a   Carson, Kathryn A ^c   Alli, Patricia M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix; Cervical cytology; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Liquid based Papanicolaou tests

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745208512     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21843     Document Type: Article

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