Endocervical cytobrush for the detection of cervical dysplasia before large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ)

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5 B, 2008, Pages 3131-3134

  Tempfer, Clemens ^a   Polterauer, Stephan ^a   Grimm, Christoph ^a   Bentz, Eva Katrin ^a   Reinthaller, Alexander ^a   Hefler, Lukas A ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervical dysplasia; CIN; Cytobrush; Endocervical cytology; PAP smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; CONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 55749109209     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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