A tale of medical shopping or the hazards of repetitious cytological screening of the cervix.
Bourgain
Claire
C
Department of Pathology, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.
Amy
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Wallon
Joëlle
J
Vanderlinden
Sonia
S
Van der Steen
Kris
K
Peeters
Tony
T
D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*