Relative accuracy of cervical and anal cytology for detection of high grade lesions by colposcope guided biopsy: A cut-point meta-analytic comparison

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Cachay, Edward R ^a   Agmas, Wollelaw ^a   Mathews, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAL CYTOLOGY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COLPOSCOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HIGH GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864359041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038956     Document Type: Article

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