High grade abnormalities following an 'inconclusive' smear

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-394

  Valmadre, S ^a   Atkinson, K ^a   Houghton, R ^a   Carter, J ^a   McKenzie, P ^a   Russell, P ^a   Dalrymple, C ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOPOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036817734     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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