Is needle diathermy excision of the transformation zone a better treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia than large loop excision?

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9167, 1999, Pages 1852-1853

  Basu, Partha S ^a   D'Arcy, Tom ^a   Mclndoe, Angus ^a   Soutter, W P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0033614598     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01620-7     Document Type: Article

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