American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 346-355 , October 2007

2006 consensus guidelines for the management of women with abnormal cervical cancer screening tests

  • Thomas C. Wright Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Thomas C. Wright Jr, MD, Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Room 16-404, P&S Building, 630 West 168th St, New York, NY 10032
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  • L. Stewart Massad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
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  • Charles J. Dunton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
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  • Mark Spitzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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  • Edward J. Wilkinson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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  • Diane Solomon, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
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  • 2006 American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology–sponsored Consensus Conference

Received 6 April 2007 ,Revised 28 June 2007 ,Accepted 29 July 2007.

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