Is the colposcopically directed punch biopsy a reliable diagnostic test in women with minor cytological lesions?

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-426

  Moss, Esther L ^a   Hadden, Paula ^a   Douce, Gill ^a   Jones, Peter W ^b   Arbyn, Marc ^c   Redman, Charles W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

colposcopically directed punch biopsy; colposcopy; cytology; large loop excision of the transformation zone; LEEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOOP ELECTROCAUTERY EXCISION PROCEDURE BIOPSY; LOW GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867578269     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318250acf3     Document Type: Article

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