Direct intrauterine sampling with uterobrush: Cell preparation by the 'flicked' method

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 486-490

  Fujihara, Akemi ^a   Norimatsu, Yoshiaki ^b   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^c   Iwanari, Osamu ^a   Nagaoka, Saburou ^a  

^a SHIMANE PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Medical Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyto architecture; Direct cell sampling; Endocyte; Endometrial cytology; Flicked method; Uterobush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745712586     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20528     Document Type: Article

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