A comparison of Dacron versus flocked nylon swabs for anal cytology specimen collection

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-367

  Gage, Julia C ^a   Ghosh, Arpita ^a   Borgonovo, Sylvia ^b   Follansbee, Stephen ^b   Wentzensen, Nicolas ^a   Gravitt, Patti E ^c   Grabe, Niels ^e,f   Lahrmann, Bernd ^e,f   Castle, Philip E ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal neoplasia; Cytological techniques; Cytology; Human papillomavirus testing; Screening

Indexed keywords

DACRON; GENOMIC DNA; NYLON; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; VIRUS DNA;

ANUS; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WART VIRUS; ANAL CANAL; ANUS TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA, VIRAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; NYLONS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROGNOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 80052881443     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329488     Document Type: Article

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