Endocervical cell retrieval following excisional treatment of CIN: A comparison study between large loop excision of the transformation zone and laser cone excision

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Urbaniak, Krzysztof J ^a   Widjaja, Andreas ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Endocervical cells; Large loop excision of the transormation zone; Laser cone biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 0030069965     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033286     Document Type: Article

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