Where's the high-grade cervical neoplasia? The importance of minimally abnormal Papanicolaou diagnoses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 973-976

  Kinney, Walter K ^a   Manos, M Michele ^b   Hurley, Leo B ^b   Ransley, Janice E ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031833452     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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