APTIMA assay on SurePath liquid-based cervical samples compared to endocervical swab samples facilitated by a real time database

CytoJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khader, Samer ^a   Schlesinger, Kathie ^a   Grossman, Josh ^a   Henry, Richard ^a   Suhrland, Mark ^a   Fox, Amy ^a  

^a University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

APTIMA combo 2; Chlamydia trachomatis; liquid based cytology; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; SurePath

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 77956584114     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.65057     Document Type: Article

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