The colposcopic impression: Is it influenced by the colposcopist's knowledge of the findings on the referral Papanicolaou smear?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 724-728

  Pretorius, R G ^a   Belinson, J L ^a   Zhang, W H ^a   Burchette, R J ^a   Elson, P ^a   Qiao, Y L ^a  

^a Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WART VIRUS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0034878876     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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