Accuracy of diagnosis of atypical glandular cells - Conventional and ThinPrep

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 614-619

  Ramsaroop, Reena ^a,b   Chu, Ien ^a  

^a Diagnostic Medlab ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Diagnostic Medlab   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cervical; Glandular; PPV; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL TYPE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLANDULAR CERVICAL CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33748065663     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20509     Document Type: Article

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