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Record 1 1999-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

A method of staining smears of various body secretions, from the respiratory, digestive or genitourinary tract, for the examination of exfoliated cells, to detect the presence of a malignant process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

La fixation [du frottis vaginal] doit être immédiate : soit à l'air par agitation de la lame [...]; soit à l'alcool éther ou à l'aide d'une laque fixante (Cytospray, Spray-Cite, etc.) pour coloration ultérieure par technique de Papanicolaou ou de Harris-Shorr.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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