Characteristics of false-negative ThinPrep cervical smears in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-295

  Leung, K M ^a   Lam, K K ^a   Tse, P Y ^a   Yeoh, Gary P S ^a   Chan, K W ^a  

^a Canossa Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Papillomavirus infections; Uterine cervical neoplasms; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 49449116264     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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