Detection of human papillomavirus in sanitary napkins: A new paradigm in cervical cancer screening

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-141

  Tong, Tommy R ^a   Chan, Olivia W H ^b   Chow, Tat Chong ^a   Yu, Vivian ^a   Leung, Kai Man ^a   To, Shui Him ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b AH Nethersole Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Humans papillomavirus; PCR; Sanitary napkin

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; KOILOCYTOSIS; MENSTRUATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITARY NAPKIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINA SECRETION; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

ABSORBENT PADS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENSTRUATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037337538     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10255     Document Type: Article

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