Liquid based cytology: Examination of its potential in a chlamydia screening programme

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-373

  Hopwood, J ^a,b   Mollinson, H ^c   Hodgson, E ^d   Hull, L ^c  

^a Chlamydia Office   (United Kingdom)

^b St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; AGED; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 6044268122     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.008359     Document Type: Article

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