Direct visual inspection of the cervix for the detection of premalignant lesions

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  El Shalakany, Amr ^a   Hassan, Sabry S ^a   Ammar, Essam ^a   Ibrahim, Mohammad A ^a   Salam, Magda Abdel ^b   Farid, Mohammad ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLPOSCOPY; EARLY CANCER; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0442310621     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200401000-00005     Document Type: Article

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