The anal Pap test as a screening tool

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-465

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Dezube, Bruce J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Anal cytology; Human papilloma virus

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANUS CANCER; CYTOLOGY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NOTE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 75649114549     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283349b3c     Document Type: Note

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