PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Equipment for taking and examining gynaecological smears
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.4.17.66
DP  - 1966 Aug 19
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 66--68
VI  - 4
IP  - 17
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/4/17/66.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/4/17/66.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1966 Aug 19; 4
AB  - Material from the female genital tract can be obtained for cytological study in various ways, the choice depending on the information required. For hormone assessment,1 a scrape of the upper third of the lateral vaginal wall or aspiration of the posterior fornix is preferred; for cervical cancer diagnosis,2 visual inspection of the cervix and a 360° scrape round the cervical os at the squamo-columnar junction; for endometrial cancer diagnosis, endocervical or endometrial cavity aspiration.