Reproducibility of endocervical curettage diagnoses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-248

  Zahn, Christopher M ^a   Rao, Luigi K F ^a   Olsen, Cara ^a   Whitworth, Scott A ^a   Washington, Antoine ^a   Crothers, Barbara A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPLASIA; ENDOCERVICAL CURETTAGE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79961059183     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318223552d     Document Type: Article

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