HPV test shows low sensitivity of Pap screen in older women

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-510

  Gyllensten, Ulf ^a   Lindell, Monica ^b   Gustafsson, Inger ^a   Wilander, Erik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77953521612     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70064-4     Document Type: Letter

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