Utility of random cervical biopsy and endocervical curettage in a low-risk population

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-338

  Pretorius, Robert G ^a   Belinson, Jerome L ^b   Azizi, Faramarz ^a   Peterson, Patricia C ^a   Belinson, Suzanne ^b  

^a Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

^b Preventive Oncology International   (United States)

Author keywords

colposcopy; endocervical curettage; random biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CAUTERIZATION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA 3; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA 3+; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOCERVICAL CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOOP ELECTROCAUTERY EXCISION PROCEDURE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CALIFORNIA; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867583326     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e3182480c18     Document Type: Article

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