Cervical ectopy and the transformation zone measured by computerized planimetry in adolescents

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Jacobson, D L ^a   Peralta, L ^b   Farmer, M ^c   Graham, N M H ^a   Wright, T C ^d   Zenilman, J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eastern Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic   (United States)

^d Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervical ectopy; Computerized planimetry; Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; DMPA; Oral contraceptives; Transformation zone

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0032995008     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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