Perform a Pap smear when the patient is in the proliferative phase (in the week following cessation of menses). The patient should avoid intercourse or intravaginal products/douches for 24-48 ...
No endocervical cells on Pap smear. Ideally, both glandular and squamous cells should be present on a Pap smear, because the squamocolumnar junction is sampled. When no endocervical cells ...
From the Departments of Dental Ecology (J.D.B., K.M., J.E.), Epidemiology (G.H.), Biostatistics (D.C.), and Periodontology (D.L., S.O.), University of North Carolina ...