A randomised controlled trial of cytological surveillance versus patient choice between surveillance and colposcopy in managing mildly abnormal cervical smears

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Kitchener, H C ^a   Burns, S ^a   Nelson, L ^a   Myers, A J ^a   Fletcher, I ^b   Desai, M ^b   Dunn, G ^c   Maguire, P ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1242306742     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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