Recommendations that could improve performance of colposcopy and cytology

Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Dina, Roberto ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSKARYOSIS; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 56549105827     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2008.00627.x     Document Type: Editorial

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