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Management of the Abnormal Pap Smear

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The cervix is composed of fibromuscular and elastic tissue, and is lined by columnar and squamous epithelium. The vaginal portion of the cervix is generally lined by a nonkeratinizing squamous stratified epithelium, whereas the mucosa of the endocervical canal is composed of a single layer of mucin-secreting columnar epithelium.

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    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) & John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) &  (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  3. Section of Gynecologic Oncology, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  4. St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

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Dolan, J.R., Moen, M.D. (1993). Management of the Abnormal Pap Smear. In: Knaus, J.V., Isaacs, J.H. (eds) Office Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_2

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