Comparative study between Pap smear cytology and FTIR spectroscopy: A new tool for screening for cervical cancer

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 600-603

  El Tawil, Shady G ^a   Adnan, Rohana ^b   Muhamed, Zaki N ^a   Othman, Nor Hayati ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 50449097159     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020802320622     Document Type: Article

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