Mild cervical atypia: A management dilemma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-440

  Lim, Fang Kan ^a   Razvi, Khalil ^a   Ling, Yee Kiang ^a   Chong, Angela ^a   Tham, Kok Fun ^a   Arulkumaran, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0029822062     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1996.tb02188.x     Document Type: Article

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