Papanicolaou and thin-layer cervical cytology with colposcopic biopsy control: A comparison

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 681-686

  Harkness, C Blair ^b   Theofrastous, James P ^a   Ibrahim, Stacey N ^b   Galvin, Shelley L ^b   Lawrence, Hal C ^b  

^a Regional Ob Gyn Specialists   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Mass screening; Papanicolaou smear; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0141569382     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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