## Background: There is an increasing number of articles regarding the long term follow-up of papanicolaou (pap) smears with the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ascus). much controversy exists regarding the management of patients with this diagnosis. in a prior st
Cervical screening behavior of women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)
โ Scribed by Lauro Bucchi; Jacopo Zani; Carlo Pierri; Alessandra Amadori; Donatella Ghidoni; Stefania Folicaldi; Stefania Cortecchia; Arrigo Bondi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
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