Living with uncertainty: equivocal Pap test results and the evolution of ASC terminology

scientific article published on March 2010

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P356DOI10.1002/DC.21191
P698PubMed publication ID19856423

P2093author name stringLydia Pleotis Howell
Alaa Afify
John Bishop
Maaya Wilton
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P433issue3
P304page(s)221-232
P577publication date2010-03-01
P1433published inDiagnostic CytopathologyQ15750060
P1476titleLiving with uncertainty: equivocal Pap test results and the evolution of ASC terminology
P478volume38

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