Accuracy of colposcopy-directed punch biopsies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1293-1301

  Underwood, M ^a   Arbyn, M ^b   Parry Smith, W ^a   De Bellis Ayres, S ^c   Todd, R ^a   Redman, C W E ^a   Moss, E L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c Shropshire County Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Pan Birmingham Gynaecological Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; colposcopically directed punch biopsy; colposcopy; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866356414     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03444.x     Document Type: Review

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