Cytology versus visual inspection with acetic acid among women treated previously with cryotherapy in a low-resource setting

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Cremer, Miriam ^a,b   Bullard, Kimberley ^b   Maza, Mauricio ^b   Peralta, Ethel ^b   Moore, Elizabeth ^b   Garcia, Lydia ^c   Masch, Rachel ^d   Lerner, Veronica ^c   Alonzo, Todd A ^e   Felix, Juan ^b,f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Basic Health International   (El Salvador)

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

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Cytology; El Salvador; Follow up screening; Low resource setting; VIA; Visual inspection with ascetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VISUAL INSPECTION;

EID: 78049529105     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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