Gynecologic procedures: Colposcopy, treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and endometrial assessment

American Family Physician

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 836-843

  Apgar, Barbara S ^a   Kaufman, Amanda J ^a   Bettcher, Catherine ^a   Parker Featherstone, Ebony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; CRYOTHERAPY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EXCISION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TEST; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 84883150663     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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