How alarming is post-coital bleeding - A cytologic, colposcopic and histopathologic evaluation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-208

  Shalini, Rajaram ^a,b   Amita, Suneja ^a   Neera, Mahishee Agarwal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b B 201 Gitanjali Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Colposcopy; Ectopy; Post coital bleeding; Squamous intra epithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COITUS; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031979798     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009957     Document Type: Article

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