The colposcopic feature ridge sign is associated with the presence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 and human papillomavirus 16 in young women

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-16

  Scheungraber, Cornelia ^a   Koenig, Urte ^a   Fechtel, Beatrix ^a   Kuehne Heid, Rosemarie ^b   Duerst, Matthias ^a   Schneider, Achim ^c  

^a Department of Gynecology ^*  (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIN; Colposcopy; Grading; Human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58549116582     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318180438a     Document Type: Article

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