Pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women: Tipping a sacred cow

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2054-2055

  Sawaya, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLICLE CYST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOTE; OVARY CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 83455225271     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.567     Document Type: Note

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