Is colposcopic biopsy overused among women with a cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-559

  Lousuebsakul, Vichuda ^a   Knutsen, Synnove M F ^a   Singh, Pramil N ^a   Gram, Inger T ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0041377985     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099903768248258     Document Type: Article

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