Screening of cervical cancer by VIA among women in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-72

  Yusuf, N ^a   Ali, M Ahmed ^a   Islam, M F ^b   Khanam, J A ^b  

^a RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cervial intraepithelial lesion; Cervical cancer; Cervical cancer screening; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Colposcopy; Early cancerous lesion; Histology; Precancerous lesion; VIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VISUAL INSPECTION OF CERVIX WITH ACETIC ACID;

EID: 84856920209     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60017-6     Document Type: Article

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