Usefulness of repeat cytology at the time of first colposcopy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-73

  Alves, Rosane Ribeiro Figueiredo ^a,d   Rabelo Santos, Silvia Helena ^c   Ribeiro, Andrea Alves ^c   Carneiro, Megmar Aparecida Dos Santos ^b   Ximenes, Yara ^d   Tavares, Suelene Brito Do Nascimento ^c   Saddi, Vera ^a   Zeferino, Luiz Carlos ^e,f  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Goiânia ^*  (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f Rua Alexander Fleming 101 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

CIN; Colposcopy; Cytology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 58149494786     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20976     Document Type: Article

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