Strength of correlations between colposcopic impression and biopsy histology

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-428

  Massad, L Stewart ^a,c   Collins, Yvonne C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STATISTICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLPOSCOPY; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0038512552     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-8258(03)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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