Use of flow cytometry as a quality control device for liquid-based cervical cytology specimens

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Kottaridi, Christine ^a   Georgoulakis, John ^a   Kassanos, Dimitrios ^a   Pappas, Asimakis ^a   Spathis, Aris ^a   Margari, Niki ^a   Aninos, Dionissios ^a   Karakitsos, Petros ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Flow cytometry; LBC specimens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIGHT; QUALITY CONTROL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74849083373     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20491     Document Type: Article

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