Association between colposcopic findings and histology in cervical lesions: The significance of the size of the lesion

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 66-71

  Kierkegaard, Ole ^a   Byrjalsen, Carsten ^a   Hansen, Kristen C ^a   Frandsen, Kristian H ^a   Frydenberg, Morten ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0028957469     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1995.1100     Document Type: Article

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