Comparative accuracy of anal and cervical cytology in screening for moderate to severe dysplasia by magnification guided punch biopsy: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Mathews, Wm Christopher ^a   Agmas, Wollelaw ^a   Cachay, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS CYTOLOGY; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; ANUS TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052903702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024946     Document Type: Article

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