Cervical cancer screening with pattern of pap smear: Review of multicenter studies

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1498-1502

  Altaf, Fadwa J ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ARTICLE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 36048976872     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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