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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
The intrauterine device (IUD) is recognized as an effective, economical, and safe method of reversible contraception. It is the second most commonly used contraceptive method in the United States. Early 19th-century designs made of pewter and platinum have been replaced by plastic devices that may be medicated and may contain copper or hormones.
J. Donald Woodruff, Prabodh K. Gupta
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The intrauterine device (IUD) is recognized as an effective, economical, and safe method of reversible contraception. It is the second most commonly used contraceptive method in the United States. Early 19th-century designs made of pewter and platinum have been replaced by plastic devices that may be medicated and may contain copper or hormones.
J. Donald Woodruff, Prabodh K. Gupta
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The Vaginal Smear as an Ovulatory Index
Fertility and Sterility, 1952This paper presents vaginal smear criteria for determining the time of ovulation. A total of 121 infertile patients submitted 138 complete cycle series and 448 series covering the ovulatory phase alone yielding 586 series of vaginal smears available for analysis.
Marvin H. Grody +2 more
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A New Fixative for Vaginal Smears
Stain Technology, 1949Two vaginal smear fixatives have been presented for use in cytologic studies by the Papanicolaou technic for the diagnosis of cancer of the genital tract. They are to be used in lieu of equal parts of ethyl alcohol and ether, because of the volatility, waste through evaporation, fire hazard, and expense.
Ruth L. Winston +2 more
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Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, 2014
Alexander Donne (1801-1878), French lawyer, physician, and pioneer microscopist, entered medical school after he graduated from law school because he was driven by his curiosity about the cause of diseases. Donne was different from his fellow students. He was older, married, and independently wealthy.
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Alexander Donne (1801-1878), French lawyer, physician, and pioneer microscopist, entered medical school after he graduated from law school because he was driven by his curiosity about the cause of diseases. Donne was different from his fellow students. He was older, married, and independently wealthy.
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Use of the Vaginal Smear as a Screening Test
New England Journal of Medicine, 1948IN VIEW of the current interest in the vaginal smear and the optimistic hopes aroused by recent accounts of its usefulness, a preliminary report of a study being made by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to evaluate the method may be helpful in clarifying its present status as a diagnostic test.
Shields Warren +3 more
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF GENITAL MALIGNANCY BY VAGINAL SMEAR
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1948Abstract Six thousand, seven hundred fifty-three smears on 1,709 patients have been studied. The smears were obtained, stained, and classified by the methods of Papanicolaou and Traut. One hundred fourteen patients with genital malignancy were diagnosed by smears out of a group of 124 diagnosed by pathology; a percentage error of 8.1. False positive
W. K. Cuyler +2 more
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A COMPARISON OF ORAL AND VAGINAL EPITHELIAL SMEARS
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1948THIS study was undertaken for the purpose of comparing the relative merits of oral and vaginal epithelial smears in an attempt to simplify or supplement the clinical method of appraising the endocrine changes during the ovarian cycle in women. Vaginal smears have been shown to be useful in studying the menstrual cycle, and it was felt that similar ...
Ruth Moulton, Daniel E. Ziskin
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DETERMINATION OF GENETIC SEX BY THE VAGINAL SMEAR
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1956Much interest has been devoted lately to the determination of genetic sex by studying the cell nuclei in skin biopsy specimens. This has proved a very useful clinical procedure in cases of hermaphrodism and “ovarian agenesis” (1–5). During the routine examination of vaginal smears stained by the Papanicolaou technique, it was observed by us that in ...
L. A. M. Stolte +2 more
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Columnar cells in posthysterectomy vaginal smears
Diagnostic Cytopathology, 1992AbstractColumnar cells in posthysterectomy vaginal smears are unusual and rare. Nine such cases are reported here during a 6‐yr period. All nine patients were asymptomatic and total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy for gynecological malignancies was performed 8 mo to 25 yr ago.
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Collagen Balls in Cervical-Vaginal Smears
Acta Cytologica, 2005To dewribe the recent detection of collagen balls in cervical-vaginal specimens from 7 women within the previous 2 years.Papaniolaou-stained cervical-vaginal specimens, 3 conventional and 4 ThinPreps (Cytyc Corp., Boxborgugh, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), were reviewed due to the presence of structures indistinguishable from collagen balls.The structures ...
Arnold H. Szporn +3 more
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