Comparison of endocervical curettage and endocervical brushing

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-94

  Klam, Stephanie ^a,b   Arseneau, Jocelyne ^a,c   Mansour, Nabil ^a,b   Franco, Eduardo ^a   Ferenczy, Alex ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0034035052     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)00836-X     Document Type: Article

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