Audit of paired anal cytology and histopathology outcomes in patients referred to a public sexual health clinic

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Williams, Vincent M ^a   Metcalf, Cecily ^b   French, Martyn A ^b,c   McCloskey, Jenny C ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

anal biopsy; anal intraepithelial neoplasia; cytology; hrHPV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SQUAMOUS CELL; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA PROBES, HPV; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 77956025070     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09118     Document Type: Article

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