Cervical screening: Management of patients referred for colposcopy with smear abnormalities less severe than dyskaryosis

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-106

  Usman, F ^a,b   Hammond, R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Minor smear abnormalities; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031922555     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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