Endocervical curettage when colposcopic examination is satisfactory and normal

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 801-803

  WILLIAMS, DAVID L ^a   DIETRICH, CHARLES ^a   MCBROOM, JOHN ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034203735     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(00)00821-8     Document Type: Article

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