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Clinical evaluation of borderline nuclear changes in cervical smears at colposcopy and biopsy

J. Karuppaswamy, P. R. M. Steele Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Histopathology, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, Cheshire, UK
Pages 495-499 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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