Misinterpretation rates of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in the College of American Pathologists gynecologic PAP education and PAP proficiency test program

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1221-1224

  Zhao, Chengquan ^a   Crothers, Barbara A ^b   Ghofrani, Mohiedean ^c   Li, Zaibo ^d   Souers, Rhona J ^e   Hussain, Mujtaba ^f   Fan, Fang ^g   Ocal, Idris Tolgay ^h   Davey, Diane D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Peace Health Medical Group   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e North Carolina   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 84992646575     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2015-0446-CP     Document Type: Conference Paper

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