Measurement characteristics of anal cytology, histopathology, and high-resolution anoscopic visual impression in an anal dysplasia screening program

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1610-1615

  Mathews, William Christopher ^a,c   Sitapati, Amy ^a   Caperna, Joseph C ^a   Barber, R Edward ^a   Tugend, Alyssa ^a   Go, Unyeong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal dysplasia; Reliability; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM BIOPSY; SCREENING;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 10644286656     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200412150-00014     Document Type: Article

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