A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the use of the endocervical brush after endocervical curettage

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 715-717

  Tate, Kathleen M ^a,b   Strickland, Julie L ^a  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030770199     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00470-5     Document Type: Article

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