Clinical parameters associated with absence of endocervical/transformation zone component in conventional cervical Papanicolaou smears

• Main Authors: Lou Sun (Author), Peng-Hui Wang (Author), Chen-Hui Lee (Author), Tsai-Feng Fu (Author), Min-Min Chou (Author), Sheau-Feng Hwang (Author), Yu-Min Ke (Author), Shih-Tien Hsu (Author), Chien-Hsing Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To study clinical factors predicting the absence of endocervical/transformation zone (EC/TZ) components of conventional cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. Materials and methods: The medical charts of patients who received Pap smears between March 2006 and August 2006 in the hospital were...