title: Ten years of colposcopy in Panama 1982-1992.
abstract: In the Republic of Panama between the years 1982-1992 we carried out an investigation on 5,112 women with the aim of evaluating those with oncological risk (OR), and we found 3,003 of them (87.6% of cases) where HPV infection in its diverse forms (Pure, NIC, invasive cancer) was the most predominant characteristic.
authors.affiliation: CHEMSA, Clinica y Hospital, De Especialidades Medicas, Panama.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garrido
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010176:Panama; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology