Loop electrosurgical excision procedure: Safety and tolerability among human immunodeficiency virus-positive Kenyan women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 554-559

  Woo, Victoria G ^a,b,c   Cohen, Craig R ^a,b,c   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Huchko, Megan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KENYA; LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052151452     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31822b0991     Document Type: Article

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