Clinical usefulness of cervicogram as a primary screening test for cervical neoplasia

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Kim, Young Tae ^a   Kim, Jae Wook ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Yu Ri ^a   Kim, Jae Hoon ^a   Yoon, Bo Sung ^a   Park, Yong Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervicogram; Diagnostic accuracy; Primary screening test; The Pap test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CERVICOGRAPHY; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 18644368437     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.2.213     Document Type: Article

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