2011 colposcopic terminology of the international federation for cervical pathology and colposcopy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-172

  Bornstein, Jacob ^a   Bentley, James ^a   Bösze, Peter ^a   Girardi, Frank ^a   Haefner, Hope ^a   Menton, Michael ^a   Perrotta, Myriam ^a   Prendiville, Walter ^a   Russell, Peter ^a   Sideri, Mario ^a   Strander, Björn ^a   Tatti, Silvio ^a   Torne, Aureli ^a   Walker, Patrick ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE;

COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84871709883     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318254f90c     Document Type: Editorial

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