Digital assessment of the reproductive tract versus colposcopy for directing biopsies in women with abnormal Pap smears

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Cremer, Miriam L ^a,b   Peralta, Ethel I ^b   Dheming, Selma G ^c   Jimenez, Maria E ^c   Davis Dao, Carol A ^d   Alonzo, Todd A ^d   Blumenthal, Paul D ^e   Felix, Juan C ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Basic Health International ^*  (Brazil)

^c Instituto Del Cancer de El Salvador   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN); Colposcopy; Digital assessment of the reproductive tract(DART); Pap smear; Visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149119093     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3181a02058     Document Type: Article

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