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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Cytodiagnosis > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Cytodiagnosis > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical > Biopsy > Papanicolaou Test

Preferred term

Papanicolaou Test  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Papanicolaou Smear
  • Pap Smear
  • Pap Test
  • Smear, Pap
  • Smear, Papanicolaou
  • Test, Pap

Note

  • coordinate with VAGINAL SMEARS if pertinent

Scope note

  • Cytological preparation of cells collected from a mucosal surface and stained with Papanicolaou stain.

History note

  • 2014; use VAGINAL SMEARS 1991-2013

In other languages

  • papakoe

    Finnish

  • papa
  • Papanicolaou
  • Papanicolaoun koe
  • papatutkimus
  • Papanicolaou-prov

    Swedish

  • Gynekologiskt cellprov
  • Papa-prov
  • Papanicolaou-utstryk

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065006

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