Stability of human papillomavirus (hpv) in cervical thinprep specimens previously lysed with glacial acetic acid

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 250-256

  McMenamin, Mary ^a   McKenna, Michael ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobas 4800 HPV test; Glacial acetic acid; Hologic; Liquid based cytology; Thinprep; Unsatisfactory specimen

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR KIT; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOLOGIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSATISFACTORY SPECIMEN; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

COBAS 4800 HPV TEST; GLACIAL ACETIC ACID; HOLOGIC; LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGY; THINPREP; UNSATISFACTORY SPECIMEN;

ACETIC ACID; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MICROTOMY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84901698940     PISSN: 1934662X     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21377     Document Type: Article

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