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Squamous atypia in the atrophic cervical vaginal smear
Author(s) -
Medley Gabriele,
Surtees Valerie M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980825)84:4<200::aid-cncr3>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , atypia , cytology , gynecology , vaginal smear , abnormality , bethesda system , vaginal cytology , cervical cancer , obstetrics , pathology , cancer , estrous cycle , psychiatry
If the problem of determining the significance of squamous atypia in the atrophic cervical vaginal smear is to be resolved, it will require the same painstaking observation, recording, and analysis of reproducible cytological criteria that the pioneers in cytology undertook when they established this discipline as a credible one in the spectrum of pathologic testing. This is a necessary prerequisite if cytology is to maintain its position as a cost‐effective predictor of significant cervical abnormality in this era of limited health dollars. See also pages 218‐25.