Independent clinical factors which correlate with failures in diagnosing early cervical cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 356-361

  Chen, Ruey Jien ^a   Chang, Daw Yuan ^a   Yen, Men Luh ^a   Lee, Evelyn Fung ^a   Chow, Song Nan ^a   Huang, Su Cheng ^a   Hsieh, Chang Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLPOSCOPY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029164321     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1995.1242     Document Type: Article

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