Diagnostic accuracy of guided cervical biopsies: A prospective multicenter study comparing the histopathology of simultaneous biopsy and cone specimen

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321.e1-321.e6

  Zuchna, Christian ^a   Hager, Martina ^a   Tringler, Barbara ^a   Georgoulopoulos, Alexander ^a   Ciresa Koenig, Alexandra ^b   Volgger, Birgit ^b   Widschwendter, Andreas ^b   Staudach, Alfons ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

cervical biopsies; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; colposcopy; diagnostic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957363654     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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