Changing spectrum of squamous cell abnormalities observed on Papanicolaou smears in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, over a 13-year period

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-259

  Kapila, Kusum ^a   George, Sara S ^a   Al Shaheen, Azza ^b   Al Ottibi, M S ^b   Pathan, Shahed K ^b   Sheikh, Zafar A ^b   Haji, Bahiya E ^b   Mallik, Mrinmay K ^b   Das, Dilip K ^a   Francis, Issam M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Papanicolaou smear; Squamous lesions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SCREENING; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745023665     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092986     Document Type: Article

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