Should liquid-based cytology be repeated at the time of colposcopy?

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Mao, Constance ^a,c   Balasubramanian, Akhila ^b   Koutsky, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; Repeated cytology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS CELL; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16244388624     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200504000-00003     Document Type: Article

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