title: Reclassification of negative smears as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in quality assurance reviews: implications and limitations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plowden
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D010336:Pathology / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology