Comparison of BD Surepath and ThinPrep Pap systems in the processing of mucus-rich specimens

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Kenyon, Shelly ^a   Sweeney, Brenda J ^a   Happel, James ^a   Marchilli, Gloria E ^b   Weinstein, Barbara ^b   Schneider, Douglas ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BD SurePath; Liquid based cytology; Mucus; Pap test; Papanicolaou smear; Squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL); ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUCUS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79952110942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20096     Document Type: Article

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