Outcome of women referred to colposcopy for persistently inadequate smears

Cytopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-44

  Sen, C ^a   Brett, Mary T ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; Inadequate smears; Management; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033978401     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2000.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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