Papanicolaou smears and cervical inflammatory cytokine responses
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Detection of abnormal cervical cytology in Papanicolaou smears
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Inflammation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1476-9255
DOI: 10.1186/1476-9255-4-8