A long-term study of women with normal colposcopy after referral with low-grade cytological abnormalities

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1321-1328

  Smith, M C G ^a   Keech, S E J ^a   Perryman, K ^a   Soutter, W P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervical screening; Colposcopy; Low grade smears; Management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DYSKARYOSIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33750085876     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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