Potential of cervical electrosurgical excision procedure for diagnosis and treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 286-293

  Herzog, Thomas J ^a   Williams, Sybilann ^a   Adler, Lisa M ^a   Rader, Janet S ^a   Kubiniec, Richard T ^a   Marvin Camel, H ^a   Mutch, David G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0029008145     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1995.1144     Document Type: Article

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