Detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia using impedance spectroscopy: A prospective study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 802-806

  Brown, Brian H ^a   Milnes, Peter ^a   Abdul, Summi ^b   Tidy, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20744458718     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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