Cytology education in the 21st century: Living in the past or crossing the rubicon?

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 654-656

  Filho, Adhemar Longatto ^a,b   Schmitt, Fernando C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Certification; Cytotechnology; Educational activities; Papanicolaou test

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

BREAST CANCER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRAINING; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 77956465797     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325196     Document Type: Letter

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