Preliminary comparison of papanicolaou smear and speculoscopy for assessing cervical cancer precursor lesions in pregnant adolescents

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Shulman, L P ^a   Klett, C C ^a   Phillips, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Papanicolaou smears; Speculoscopy; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULOSCOPY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0033133564     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(00)86631-0     Document Type: Article

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