Objective perspective in colposcopy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 631-640

  Nazeer, Saloney ^a   Shafi, Mahmood I ^b  

^a WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction   (Switzerland)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; Grading systems; Meta analyses; Quality assurance; Technique; Training

Indexed keywords

COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; CANCER GRADING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858250012     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2011.04.008     Document Type: Review

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