The evaluation of cervical cancer screening by combining speculoscopy with Papanicolaou smear examination in Taiwan

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 430-434

  Chang, Jui I ^a   Ou, Ching Haei ^a   Wu, Kun Ming ^a   Chen, Chao Cheng ^a   Cheng, Kuang Ching ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Papanicolaou smear; PapSure; Speculoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MCNEMAR TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036759353     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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