Evaluation of the VITOM in digital high-definition video exocolposcopy

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-295

  Vercellino, Giuseppe Filiberto ^a   Erdemoglu, Evrim ^a,b   Kyeyamwa, Sarah ^a   Drechsler, Inka ^a   Vasiljeva, Jekaterina ^a   Cichon, Guenter ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Digital colposcopy; Exocolposcopy; Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; EXOCOLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; VULVA CANCER; VULVA DISEASE; VULVAR INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

ADULT; AGED; BERLIN; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 80053593819     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3182102891     Document Type: Article

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