Significados de buccal smear en inglés

The aim of this study was to determine optimal timing and technique for buccal smear collection in breast-fed infants in order to avoid diagnostic errors.

Buccal smear analysis is a noninvasive, fast, and relatively inexpensive diagnostic method.

Buccal smears should not be obtained in nursing neonates until at least 60 min after breast feeding.

Previously we have shown that maternal cells can contaminate buccal smears taken from breast-fed infants, resulting in difficulty with test interpretation.