Value of the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) terminology in predicting cervical disease

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 158-165

  Hammes, Luciano S ^a   Naud, Paulo ^a   Passos, Eduardo P ^a   Matos, Jean ^a   Brouwers, Karla ^a   Rivoire, Waldemar ^a   Syrjänen, Kari J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Colposcopy; International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOMENCLATURE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34347363139     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.lgt.0000265778.36797.03     Document Type: Article

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