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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.
H B, DAVIDSON, M, CLYMAN, R L, WINSTON
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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.
A, GOLDHAR, M H, GRODY, W H, MASTERS
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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
J R, KERNODLE, W K, CUYLER, W L, THOMAS
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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.
H L, LOMBARD +3 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1947
In 1928 Papanicolaou 1 demonstrated his ability to make a diagnosis of cancer of the uterus by the observation of single malignant cells cast off from the tumor into the vaginal secretion. This was a cytologic diagnosis rather than a diagnosis made by a study of the architecture of the tissue, such as is done by pathologists.
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In 1928 Papanicolaou 1 demonstrated his ability to make a diagnosis of cancer of the uterus by the observation of single malignant cells cast off from the tumor into the vaginal secretion. This was a cytologic diagnosis rather than a diagnosis made by a study of the architecture of the tissue, such as is done by pathologists.
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The value of the vaginal smear
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1949R M, GRAHAM, J V, MEIGS
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