Detection of High Risk Human Papilloma Viruses (HR-HPV) in Endocervical Scrapes from Women with Abnormal Cytology in a Turkish University Hospital

MUTLU D., KANDİŞER A., ŞİMŞEK T., PESTERELI E., OGUNC D., Gultekin M.

KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.42, sa.1, ss.50-54, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.50-54
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cervical cancer, colposcopy, Pap smear, CERVICAL-CANCER, PREVALENCE, DNA, TERMINOLOGY, SPECIMENS, BIOPSY, TESTS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: To assess the utility of a commercial PCR based HPV test for evaluating patients before colposcopy and colposcopic biopsy sampling in a Turkish hospital and to compare its efficacy with histology in preventing Unnecessary colposcopic biopsy sampling