Interpretation of abnormal pap smears

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-406+409

  Korn, Abner P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Papanicolaou (Pap) smear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344195498     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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