Interlaboratory reproducibility of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance: A national survey

Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 353-360

  Confortini, M ^a   Di Bonito, L ^b   Carozzi, F ^a   Ghiringhello, B ^c   Montanari, G ^d   Parisio, F ^c   Prandi, S ^e   Navone, Roberto ^f   Pilotti, Silvana ^g   Alasio, Loredana ^g   Prandi, Sonia ^h   Cariaggi, Maria Paola ^a   Taddei, Gianluigi ⁱ   Gentili, Cesare ^j   Passamonti, Basilio ^k   Bucciarelli, Emilio ^l   Di Giacomo, Carlo ^m   Pellegrini, Antonella ⁿ   Schiboni, M Luisa ⁿ   Di Bonito, Maurizio ^o   Quarto, Ferdinando ^o   Botti, Gerardo ^o   De Falco, M Luisa ^o   Di Bonito, Luigi ^b   Simone, Gianni ^p   Wiesel, Sarah ^p   Tucci, Luigi ^q   Bustinto, Teresa ^r   Ientile, Domenico ^s   Rais, Marco ^t   Scalisi, Aurora ^u   Grasso, Giuseppe ^v   Dalla Palma, Paolo ^w   Minucci, Daria ^x   Ninfo, Vito ^y   Vettorazzi, Marcello ^z   more..

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Osp S Anna di Torino   (Italy)

^d CPO Piemonte   (Italy)

^e Arcispedale S Maria Nuova   (Italy)

^f Dipto Sci Biomediche ed Oncol Um   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Ospedale Versilia   (Italy)

^k USL no 2   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m Sezione di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

ⁿ SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^p NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^q PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r ASL 6   (Italy)

^s Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^t Ospedale Oncologico   (Italy)

^u UO Screening Ginecologico   (Italy)

^v CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^w SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^y Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^z Ospedale Busonera   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

AGC; Cervical adenocarcinoma; Cervical screening; Cytodiagnosis; Cytological techniques; Cytology; Diagnosis; Glandular lesions; Laboratory diagnosis; Reproducibility; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL; CANCER CELL; CANCER SCREENING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LABORATORY; MASS SCREENING; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33751315027     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2006.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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