## Background: Exfoliated cervical cell specimens collected in preservcyt, a methanol-based medium used in thinprep liquid-based cytology, have been archived in epidemiologic studies. however, long-term dna stability and cytologic stability of these biospecimens have not been evaluated. ## Methods
Nylon brush improves collection of cervical cytologic specimens
โ Scribed by Dotters, Deborah J.; Carney, Charles N.; Droegemueller, William
- Book ID
- 122250704
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 868 KB
- Volume
- 159
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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