Cytologic features of endocervical glandular lesions: Comparison of SurePath, ThinPrep, and conventional smear specimen preparations

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-237

  Belsley, Nicole A ^a,b   Tambouret, Rosemary H ^a,b   Misdraji, Joseph ^a,b   Muzikansky, Alona ^a   Russell, Donna K ^c   Wilbur, David C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma in situ; Cervical cytology; SurePath; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOCERVICAL GLANDULAR NEOPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 41449104487     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20782     Document Type: Article

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