Smear - instruction imperative

Known as: SMEAR, Spread 
The action of spreading a thin layer of material across a surface.
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance.
BACKGROUND Global control of tuberculosis is hampered by slow, insensitive diagnostic methods, particularly for the detection of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin resistance by use of on-demand, near-patient technology.
Current nucleic acid amplification methods to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis are complex, labor-intensive, and technically… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Rapid molecular screening for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-volume public health laboratory in South Africa.
RATIONALE The dual challenges to tuberculosis (TB) control of HIV infection and multidrug resistance are particularly pressing in… (More)
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Review
2007
Review
2007
The rodent estrous cycle: characterization of vaginal cytology and its utility in toxicological studies.
While an evaluation of the estrous cycle in laboratory rodents can be a useful measure of the integrity of the hypothalamic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A new solution for the removal of the smear layer.
Various organic acids, ultrasonic instruments, and lasers have been used to remove the smear layer from the surface of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Natural history of cervical human papillomavirus infection in young women: a longitudinal cohort study
BACKGROUND Laboratory and epidemiological research suggests an association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Aggressiveness of contemporary self-etching systems. I: Depth of penetration beyond dentin smear layers.
OBJECTIVE This study examined, with the use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the aggressiveness of three self-etching… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli.
BACKGROUND The microscopic examination of sputum for acid-fast bacilli, is a simple and rapid test that is used to provide a… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Natural history of dysplasia of the uterine cervix.
BACKGROUND A historical cohort of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) women whose Pap smear histories were recorded at a major… (More)
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
A simple device for quantitative stool thick-smear technique in Schistosomiasis mansoni.
 
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