Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia: Treatment by carbon dioxide laser and risk factors for failure

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-68

  Yalcin, Omer T ^a,b   Rutherford, Thomas J ^a   Chambers, Setsuko K ^a   Chambers, Joseph T ^a   Schwartz, Peter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Prognostic factors; Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VULVA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VAGINA TUMOR;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037427572     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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