Letter to the Editor concerning Petignat et al.'s Are self-collected samples comparable to physician-collected cervical specimens for human papillomavirus DNA testing? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecol Oncol 2007;105(2): 530-535

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-596

  Pretorius, Robert G ^a   Belinson, Jerome L ^b  

^a Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 52; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 36348972300     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.08.068     Document Type: Letter

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