Loop electrosurgical excision procedure for squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix: Advantages and potential pitfalls

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-337

  Ferenczy, Alex ^a   Choukroun, Denis ^b   Arseneau, Jocelyne ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; COLPOSCOPY; CURETTAGE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0029962818     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00453-X     Document Type: Article

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