Robustness of validation criteria in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1119-1122

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Walsh, Molly K ^b   Blond, Barbara ^b   Moriarty, Ann T ^c   Mody, Dina R ^d   Colgan, Terence J ^e  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b North Carolina   (United States)

^c Ameripath Inc   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANDIDA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HERPES; HIGH GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HUMAN; LOW GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATHOLOGIST; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33746709330     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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