Vaginal Smears
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic severity in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population.

29 Nov 2009 It has been suggested that DNA sequence variants of HPV16 contribute to differences in the behavior of individual cervical lesions. To address this question, we have analyzed the association of HPV16 variants with diagnostic severity in 354 ... Read more...

Carbonic anhydrase IX and human papillomavirus as diagnostic biomarkers of cervical dysplasia/neoplasia in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical glandular cells: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study in United States.

13 Nov 2009 High-risk human papillomavirus (H-HPV) infection is strongly linked to cervical neoplasia, but its role in detecting glandular lesions (GLs) is unclear. In the cervix, carbonic anhydrase IX (CA-IX) is expressed in cervical neoplasia, but rarely in ... Read more...

Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing. Results from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing occurs when a high-grade lesion or carcinoma (HSIL+, Category D) is misinterpreted as negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy (Category B). OBJECTIVES:To document the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vaginal Smears'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic severity in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population. 29 Nov 2009
• Carbonic anhydrase IX and human papillomavirus as diagnostic biomarkers of cervical dysplasia/neoplasia in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical glandular cells: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study in United States. 13 Nov 2009
• Automatic failure in gynecologic cytology proficiency testing. Results from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program. 30 Oct 2009
• The Becton Dickinson FocalPoint GS Imaging System: clinical trials demonstrate significantly improved sensitivity for the detection of important cervical lesions. 30 Oct 2009
• Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. 30 Oct 2009
• Screening and prevention methods for cervical cancer. 26 Oct 2009
• Comparison of liquid-based cytology with conventional cytology for detection of cervical cancer precursors: a randomized controlled trial. 26 Oct 2009
• "String of pearls" appearance of blue blobs in postmenopausal atrophy on ThinPrep Pap test. 29 Sep 2009
• Trials comparing cytology with human papillomavirus screening. 29 Sep 2009
• [Access to preventative care, screening and treatment of women in vulnerable socio-economic groups presenting with cervical cancer] 29 Sep 2009
• Human papillomavirus typing and viral gene expression analysis for the triage of women with abnormal results from papanicolaou test smears to colposcopy. 29 Sep 2009
• Neither one-time negative screening tests nor negative colposcopy provides absolute reassurance against cervical cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of the VS-sense swab in diagnosing vulvovaginitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Correlates of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus detection in perimenopausal women. 30 Aug 2009
• A comparison of screening times between the ThinPrep Imager and conventional cytology. 30 Aug 2009
• Postradical vaginal trachelectomy follow-up by isthmic-vaginal smear cytology: a 13-year audit. 30 Aug 2009
• Knowledge and practice of cervical cancer screening using Pap smear among women attending antenatal clinic at Aba, south-eastern Nigeria. 30 Aug 2009
• The cervical smear pattern in patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Cytologic detection of tuberculous cervicitis: a report of 7 cases. 30 Aug 2009
• Performance of the cytologic examination for the diagnosis of endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ: cytologic-histologic correlation in 60 cases. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Vaginal Smears'

Definition: Collection of pooled secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix for cytologic examination.

Descriptor UI: D014626

Alternative terms: Vaginal Smears; Smear, Vaginal; Smears, Vaginal; Vaginal Smear; Papanicolaou Test; Test, Papanicolaou; Papanicolaou Smear; Smear, Papanicolaou; Cervical Smears; Cervical Smear; Smear, Cervical; Smears, Cervical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.378.900; E01.450.230.900; E01.450.865.900;

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; note X ref CERVICAL SMEARS: do not coord with CERVIX UTERI; X ref PAPANICOLAOU SMEAR: when called Pap smears, capitalize Pap in titles & translations