Fluorescence spectroscopy of the cervix: Influence of acetic acid, cervical mucus, and vaginal medications

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-249

  Agrawal, Anant ^a   Utzinger, Urs ^b   Brookner, Carrie ^b   Pitris, Costas ^c   Mitchell, Michele Follen ^d   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^b  

^a SpectRx Inc   (United States)

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

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Diagnosis; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTOCONAZOLE; CLINDAMYCIN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; FLUOROURACIL; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; TERCONAZOLE; TIOCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINITIS;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0032850040     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:3<237::AID-LSM8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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