Colposcopy for the diagnosis of squamous intraepithelial lesions: A meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 626-631

  Mitchell, Michele Follen ^a,b,c,d   Schottenfeld, David ^a,b,c,d   Tortolero Luna, Guillermo ^a,b,c,d   Cantor, Scott B ^a,b,c,d   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0032054835     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00006-4     Document Type: Review

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