Cervical disease in women referred to colposcopy following inadequate smears

Cytopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Hollingworth, J ^a   Kotecha, K ^a   Dobbs, S P ^a   Shaw, P A V ^a   Ireland, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Inadequate cervical smears; Papanicolaou smear; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; 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: 0033983088     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2000.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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