Loop electrosurgical excision procedure of the transformation zone and colposcopically directed punch biopsy in the diagnosis of cervical lesions

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1020-1022

  Bonardi, Rita ^a,b   Cecchini, Silvia ^a,b   Grazzini, Grazia ^a,b   Ciatto, Stefano ^a,b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN;

EID: 0026619719     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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