"Vaginal Smears" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Collection of pooled secretions of the posterior vaginal fornix for cytologic examination.
| Descriptor ID |
D014626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.500.384.100.800 E01.370.225.998.054.800 E01.370.378.900 E04.074.800 E05.200.500.384.100.800 E05.200.998.054.800 E05.242.384.100.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Vaginal Smears- Vaginal Smears
- Smear, Vaginal
- Smears, Vaginal
- Vaginal Smear
- Cervical Smears
- Cervical Smear
- Smear, Cervical
- Smears, Cervical
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vaginal Smears" by people in Profiles.
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Vaginal fine-needle aspiration: A useful alternative to biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol. 2016 Aug; 44(8):665-9.
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Perceived discrimination is associated with reduced breast and cervical cancer screening: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Feb; 23(2):138-45.
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Morphologic features of endometriosis in various types of cytologic specimens. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Nov; 41(11):936-42.
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Confusion about Pap smears: lack of knowledge among high-risk women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Jan; 22(1):67-74.
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Cervicovaginal cytology in the detection of recurrence after cervical cancer treatment. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Sep; 118(3):548-553.
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Effect of stress and depression on the frequency of squamous intraepithelial lesions. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2011 Jan; 15(1):42-7.
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Adherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines for U.S. women aged 25-64: data from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Nov; 18(11):1759-68.
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Analysis of standard methods for diagnosing vaginitis: HIV infection does not complicate the diagnosis of vaginitis. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2007 Oct; 11(4):240-50.
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Utility of Amsel criteria, Nugent score, and quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep; 43(9):4607-12.
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Effects of bacterial vaginosis and other genital infections on the natural history of human papillomavirus infection in HIV-1-infected and high-risk HIV-1-uninfected women. J Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 01; 191(7):1129-39.