Endocervical Curettage: Does It Contribute to the Management of Patients with Abnormal Cervical Cytology?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Irvin, William ^a   Flora, Stefanie ^a   Andersen, Willie ^a   Stoler, Mark ^a   Taylor, Peyton ^a   Rice, Laurel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix diseases; Cervix neoplasms; Colposcopy; Curettage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1642495701     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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