An analysis of the factors involved in the diagnostic accuracy of colposcopically directed biopsy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 468-473

  Baldauf, Jean Jacques ^a   Dreyfus, Michel ^a   Ritter, Jean ^a   Philippe, Emile ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cervical neoplasia; Colposcopy; Endocervical curettage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0030913021     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709047830     Document Type: Article

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