Women’s health testing: a guide for you

Abnormal Pap smears and HPV — References & further reading

References

1 Vachani, C. 2005. HPV and cervical cancer. OncoLink (Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania) URL:  http://www.oncolink.com/types/article.cfm?c=6&s=17&ss=131&id=9531 (accessed 05.16.06).

2 White, W., et al. 1998.  In vitro infection and type-restricted antibody-mediated neutralization of authentic human papillomavirus Type 16. J. Virol., 72 (2), URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=124566 (accessed 05.16.06).

3 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Office of Communications. 05.09.2006. Press Release: ACOG recommends first ob-gyn visit in early teens. http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr05-09-06-2.cfm (accessed 05.30.2006).

The American College of Obstetrics & Gynecologists Committee on Adolescent Health. 2006. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 335: The initial reproductive health visit. Ob. & Gyn. 107 (5), 1215–1219.

Further reading

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP): http://www.asccp.org/

American College of Gynecology (ACOG):
http://www.acog.org/

Hudson, T. 2001. Preventing and treating cervical dysplasia: a natural medicine perspective. Alt. Comp. Therapies, 7 (1), 15–20.

National Cancer Institute. 2005.  Vaccine protects against virus linked to half of all cervical cancers. URL: http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cervical-cancer-vaccine1102

Sattler, C. 2005. Efficacy of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine for prevention of cervical dysplasia and external genital lesions (EGL). 45th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC.

Wright, T., et alia. Revised 2003. 2001 Concensus guidelines for the management of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Am. J. Ob. Gyn. 189 (1), 295–304.


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Original Publication Date: 05/30/2006
Last Modified: 02/16/2010
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet

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