Should the Pap smear be repeated at the first colposcopy visit?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 514-517

  Dolman, Grace ^a   Tan, Jeffrey ^a   Quinn, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Repeat Pap smear colposcopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33744972616     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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