Colposcopy: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

colposcopy, vagina, cervical cancer, colposcope, Papanicolaou test, Pap smear, human papillomavirus, HPV, transformation zone, TZ, dysplasia, acetic acid, acetowhite epithelium, endophytic lesions of the cervix, exophytic lesions of the cervix, cervical carcinoma, cervical dysplasia, Bethesda system, atypical squamous cell, ASC, atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance, ASCUS, ASCH, low-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, LGSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia, HGSIL, cervical lesions, cone biopsy of the cervix

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Stephen A Metz, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts; Consulting Staff, Baystate Medical Center; Private Practice, Division of Surgery, Hampden County Physician Associates
Stephen A Metz, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, American Urogynecologic Society, and Massachusetts Medical Society
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Serdar H Ural, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology, Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Medical Director, Labor and Delivery Suite, Penn State University College of Medicine
Serdar H Ural, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Medical Association, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
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Michel E Rivlin, MD, Professor, Coordinator of Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
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