Prospective evaluation of colposcopic features in predicting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Degree of acetowhite change most important

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-10

  Shaw, Elizabeth ^a   Sellors, John ^a,b   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACETOWHITE LESION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0037831075     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200301000-00003     Document Type: Article

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