The effect of directed biopsy on the atypical cervical transformation zone: Assessed by digital imaging colposcopy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Chenoy, R ^a   Billingham, L ^b   Irani, S ^a   Rollason, T P ^a   Luesley, D M ^c   Jordan, J A ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029940948     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09773.x     Document Type: Article

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