Accuracy of Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for early detection of cervical dysplasia in Tehran, Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-71

  Eftekhar, Zahra ^a   Rahimi Moghaddam, Parvaneh ^b   Yarandi, Fariba ^a   Brojerdi, Ronak ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical dysplasia; Cervical screening test; Visual inspection; White acetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 18444381161     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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