Regular audit of colposcopic biopsies from women with a mildly dyskaryotic or borderline cervical smear results in fewer cases of CINIII

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Jones, M H ^a   Jenkins, D ^b   Singer, A ^c  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Cervix; Cytology; Dysplasia; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CONTROL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0029922427     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1996.37582375.x     Document Type: Article

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