Urine testing for HPV: Rationale for using first void

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vorsters, Alex ^a   Van Damme, Pierre ^a   Clifford, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; FIRST VOID URINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MICTURITION; URINALYSIS; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS DNA TESTS; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908038070     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6252     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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