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Colposcopic evaluation of the abnormal Papanicolaou test in pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1975
Colposcopy, including colposcopically directed biopsies in selected cases, was employed to evaluate over 300 pregnant patients with abnormal Papanicolaou tests suggestive of mild dysplasia or worse (Class III to V). Over half of the patients had benign disorders determined by colposcopic examination.
A D, DePetrillo, D E, Townsend, C P, Morrow, G M, Lickrish, P J, DiSaia, M, Roy   +5 more
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The Papanicolaou Test in Elderly Women

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1986
Primary care physicians can have a major impact on the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic malignancy in elderly women. Previous literature on the subject of Papanicolaou tests in the elderly has been confusing to physicians who must decide which screening procedures are appropriate for their patients. The study by Mandelblatt et al 1 in this issue
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Assessing Physicians?? Compliance With Guidelines for Papanicolaou Testing

Medical Care, 1992
In this study, population-based data were used to examine the appropriateness of Papanicolaou (Pap) testing from the perspective of the women being tested and their physicians. The approach used is unique in its assessment of overtesting and undertesting in the primary care setting.
M M, Cohen, N P, Roos, L, MacWilliam, A, Wajda   +3 more
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THE PAPANICOLAOU TEST FOR UTERINE CANCER

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1948
To the Editor:— InThe Journal of the American Medical Association, January 31, page 331, the editorial on "The Papanicolaou Test for Uterine Cancer" concludes with the paragraph: "Recently a manufacturer of laboratory equipment has promoted the sale of the materials for the Papanicolaou test together with a hundred slides of various types of cells ...
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[Papanicolaou test in pregnancy].

Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae, 2003
To investigate the necessity, safety and acceptability of routine Papanicolaou (Pap) smear in pregnant women and cytological characteristics of the smears during pregnancy.Pap smear were performed in 954 pregnant women, 1,053 normal controls and 1,908 gynecological out-patients.
X, Cheng, X, Bian, J, Lang, M, Gai, X, Liu, J, Zhang, M, Liu   +6 more
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Papanicolaou Test for the Diagnosis of Trichomoniasis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2003
Trichomoniasis is the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease in humans worldwide. In addition to its pathologic implications, trichomoniasis is a risk factor for the transmission of the HIV and is associated with reproductive complications in females. Diagnosis of the disease is problematic due to inadequate accuracy of current diagnostic
Tatiana T, Lobo, Gilvania, Feijó, Sandra E, Carvalho, Patrícia L, Costa, Carolina, Chagas, Joaquim, Xavier, Augusto, Simoes-Barbosa   +6 more
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Papanicolaou tests with coexisting squamous and glandular abnormalities

Cancer Cytopathology, 2014
BACKGROUNDPapanicolaou (Pap) test interpretations of atypical glandular cells are associated with subsequent detection of squamous and, less often, glandular malignancies. A Pap test with a combined interpretation of squamous and glandular atypia indicates concern for either 2 distinct lesions (both squamous and glandular) or involvement of cervical ...
Li Yan, Khor, Fadi W, Abdul-Karim, Amanda E, Bruening, Dana K, Weber Noffsinger, Christine N, Booth   +4 more
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The Papanicolaou test for cervical cancer detection. A triumph and a tragedy

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1989
The complex detection system leading to the discovery and treatment of precancerous lesions and early cancer of the uterine cervix is described in detail and discussed. By far the most difficult and underestimated component of this system is the screening and interpretation of cervical (Papanicolaou) smears.
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Automated screening of Papanicolaou tests: A review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology, 2018
Automated Papanicolaou test screening systems have now been available for over 25 years. Currently two automated screening systems are in widespread clinical use. These are the ThinPrep Imaging System and the FocalPoint GS Imaging System. In their current configurations, both facilitate faster screening by showing a limited number of fields of view ...
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Papanicolaou Testing

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
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