Good things still come in old packages: Cryosurgery vs LEEP

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 416-418

  Pfenninger, John L ^a,b  

^a Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033192047     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.12.5.416     Document Type: Article

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