TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 29. Management of Abnormal Pap Smears
A1  - Hagensee, Michael E.
A2  - Klausner, Jeffrey D.
A2  - Hook, Edward W.
PY  - 2007
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
AB  - •  Starting  at  age  21  or  no  more  than  3  years  after  becoming  sexually  active,  women  should  have  a  Papanicolaou  (Pap)  smear  on  a  yearly  basis  until  they  have  had  three  consecutive  normal  tests,  after  which  the  screening  interval  can  be  increased  to  every  3  years.•  All  women  whose  test  samples  show  cellular  abnormalities,  persistent  atypical  squamous  cells,  or  atypical  squamous  cells  of  unclear  significance  that  test  positive  for  high-oncogenic-risk  human  papillomavirus  (HPV)  require  referral  for  colposcopy  and  biopsy.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3026533
ER  -