Interlaboratory reproducibility of liquid-based equivocal cervical cytology within a randomized controlled trial framework

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 541-544

  Confortini, Massimo ^a   Bondi, A ^b   Cariaggi, M P ^a   Carozzi, F ^a   Dalla Palma, P ^c   Ghiringhello, B ^d   Minucci, D ^e   Montanari, G ^f   Parisio, F ^d   Prandi, S ^g   Schiboni, M L ^h   Ronco, G ^f  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f CPO Piemonte   (Italy)

^g Arcispedale S Maria Nuova   (Italy)

^h MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASCUS reproducibility; External quality control; LBC; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34548710367     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20681     Document Type: Article

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