Demographic variables routinely collected at colposcopic examination do not predict who will default from conservative management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia I

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Quinlivan, Julie A ^a   Petersen, Rodney W ^a   Gani, Linsey ^a   Tan, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bethesda; CIN; CIN 1; Clinical; Conservative; Default; Demographic; HPV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15844396400     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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