External quality assurance in cervical/vaginal cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 480-488

  Kuenen Boumeester, Vibeke ^a   van Loenen, Petri ^a   de Bruijn, Elly M C A ^a   Henzen Logmans, Sonja C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

EID: 8944246319     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333903     Document Type: Article

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