The ASC/SIL ratio for cytopathologists as a quality control measure: A follow-up study

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 653-656

  Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical squamous cells; Cytology; Papanicolaou test; Performance evaluation; Quality control; Squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 35348837233     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/APTVNLP1P0X00CUQ     Document Type: Article

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