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. 1959 Sep;13(3):398–402. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1959.45

Fluorescence Microscopy in Exfoliative Cytology

An Evaluation of its Application to Cancer Screening

W Umiker, L Pickle, B Waite
PMCID: PMC2074091  PMID: 13840349

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