Diagnostic value of endocervical curettage during colposcopy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Dreyfus, Michel ^a   Jacques Baldauf, Jean ^a   Ritter, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

cervical intrepithelial neoplasia; colposcopy; endocervical curettage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

EID: 0343961967     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(95)02278-3     Document Type: Article

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