Baliga, who started the Colposcopy Clinic and the Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, and three contributors from the same institution present an excellent atlas and textbook. Coverage includes the history of the colposcope, its tissue basis, the Papanicolaou Smear, and the colposcopy unit; assessment and interpretation of abnormal colposcopic appearances of the cervix; problems and errors; colposcopy during pregnancy; colposcopy of the vagina and of the vulva; the human papillomavirus; management of abnormal cervical cytological smears; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (management options); and problematic and interesting cases. Appendices include a syllabus for training, a patient LOG form, and colposcopy evaluation form. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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