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Effects of ovarian steroids on vaginal smears in the rat.

Acta Anatomica, 1988
A correspondence between the appearance of vaginal smears and the layers of the epithelium from which the cells had desquamated was established in untreated rats during the estrous cycle, in control ovariectomized rats and in spayed rats injected with ...
Gregório Santiago Montes, Luque Eh
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Telecytology: intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility in the diagnosis of cervical-vaginal smears.

Human Pathology, 2001
Telecytologic diagnosis of cervical-vaginal smears is potentially useful because it could allow more efficient use of cytopathologist resources and expertise.
Patricia M. Alli, Curtis W. Ollayos, Lester D. R. Thompson, Iqbal Kapadia, D. R. Butler, Bruce H. Williams, Dorothy L. Rosenthal, Timothy J. O'Leary   +7 more
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A New Fixative for Vaginal Smears

Stain Technology, 1949
Two 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, Harold B. Davidson, Martin Clyman   +2 more
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A comparison of the use of Papanicolaou-stained cervical cytological smears with Gram-stained vaginal smears for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in early pregnancy.

International Journal of STD and AIDS, 1999
Our objective is to compare the efficacy of using Papanicolaou (PAP)-stained cervical cytology smears with a standardized method of interpreting Gram-stained vaginal smears for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnancy.
R. Lamont, E. Hudson, P. Hay, D. Morgan, V. Modi, C. Ison, D. Taylor-Robinson   +6 more
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THE RELATION OF CYCLIC CHANGES IN HUMAN VAGINAL SMEARS TO BODY TEMPERATURES AND BASAL METABOLIC RATES

, 1937
This report relates to data obtained from vaginal smears body temperatures basal metabolic rates blood pressures and pulse rates. By the Papanicolaou method the human vaginal smear at the intermenstrual period shows relatively little desquamation of ...
B. B. Rubenstein
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The first vaginal smear

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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Use of the Vaginal Smear as a Screening Test

New England Journal of Medicine, 1948
IN 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, Herbert L. Lombard, Margaret Middleton, Olive Gates   +3 more
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF GENITAL MALIGNANCY BY VAGINAL SMEAR

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1948
Abstract 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, Walter L. Thomas, J. R. Kernodle   +2 more
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A COMPARISON OF ORAL AND VAGINAL EPITHELIAL SMEARS

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1948
THIS 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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Glandular Cells in Vaginal Smears from Posthysterectomy Patients

, 1997
OBJECTIVE: To assess the significance of nonatypical glandular cells in vaginal smears from patients who had undergone total hysterectomy. STUDY DESIGN: Vaginal smears with nonatypical glandular epitheliums obtained from post-total hysterectomy patients ...
Ponder Tb, E. Ko, Dávila Rm
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