Cervical cancer screening: liquid based cytology may be preferred option for UK screening programme

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Thomas Ind. BMJ. 2003.

. 2003 Jul 19;327(7407):161; author reply 162.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7407.161-a.

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Cross sectional study of conventional cervical smear, monolayer cytology, and human papillomavirus DNA testing for cervical cancer screening.
Coste J, Cochand-Priollet B, de Cremoux P, Le Galès C, Cartier I, Molinié V, Labbé S, Vacher-Lavenu MC, Vielh P; French Society of Clinical Cytology Study Group. Coste J, et al. BMJ. 2003 Apr 5;326(7392):733. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7392.733. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 12676841 Free PMC article.

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