ASCP Sets High Standards for Regulatory Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing
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Summary of the 2006 College of American Pathologists Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing Program.
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-5027
DOI: 10.1309/w202-5237-8k40-0651