Do you feel endocervical sampling needs to be done with satisfactory colposcopy?

J Low Genit Tract Dis

Division of Gynecology University of Wisconsin Madison, WI; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rush Medical College Chicago, IL; Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA.

Published: January 1998

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