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1.All Vital Points
Free guide on Cervical Smear test for women. Offers a comprehensive guide produced by experienced Doctors.
URL:http://allvitalpoints.com/Medical3/cervical.htm
2.Questions and Answers About the Pap Test
Fact sheet from the National Health Center.
URL:http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_16.htm
3.When Your Pap Smear is Slightly Abnormal
AAFP patient information handout.
URL:http://familydoctor.org/handouts/223.html
4.Having a Pap Exam
What to expect and some advice from other women.
URL:http://rex.nci.nih.gov/PATIENTS/COMM_ED_RES/COPY_READY/PELVIC/PELVIC_MAIN.htm
5.Colposcopy: What Is It? (About.com)
Details about this procedure used for further evaluation of abnormal Pap smear results.
URL:http://womenshealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa070699.htm
6.APOP, Inc
Company downloads already processed pap smear specimens. Certified cytotechnologists have experience with ThinPrep and AutoCyte.
URL:http://www.apopinc.peachhost.com/
7.Should I have a Pap Smear?
Public Resources - General Information - ASCP
URL:http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/pap/
8.Pap FAQ
The College of American Pathologists.
URL:http://www.cap.org/html/Public/pap.html
9.Pelvic Exam and Pap Smear
San Francisco Dept. of Public Health
URL:http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/HealthInfo/std_pelvic.htm
10.Dr Richard Skinner
Australian specialized gynecologist. Contains information on pap tests, HPV infection, human papilloma virus, warts virus, genital warts, colposcopy, cervical dysplasia (CIN) and intra-epithelial neoplasia.
URL:http://www.drrskinner.com
11.Feminist Women's Health Center: Gynecological Self-Exam
Learn how to do a cervical/vaginal self-exam, what is healthy, what is not and what to do.
URL:http://www.fwhc.org/selfcare.htm
12.GYN 101
What to expect from a visit to the gynecologist.
URL:http://www.gyn101.com/
13.All About the Pap Test
The importance, procedure and diagnosis of a pap test.
URL:http://www.gyncancer.com/pap-test.html
14.Gynocology Online
Advice and education for young women about to have their first pelvic exam.
URL:http://www.gynocologyonline.com
15.InteliHealth
Offers information about the pelvic exam and the Pap test (Papanicolaou smear).
URL:http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/9103/24371.html
16.Medinfo: Smear test (Cervial Smear)
Easy-to-understand information for patients on the smear test (cervical smear, pap smear), a screening test which allows doctors to predict those women who are likely to develop cancer of the neck of the womb in time to prevent it developing. Written by a UK general practitioner.
URL:http://www.medinfo.co.uk/tests/smear.html
17.The Female Pelvis
Slides describing the pelvic exam procedure.
URL:http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs96/slides/pelvic/index.html
18.National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC)
Helping women and their family members handle issues related to the Pap smear, cervical cancer and treatment.
URL:http://www.nccc-online.org
19.Pap Smear - Free Email Reminder
Having a Pap smear every year is one of the most important things a woman can do to help prevent cervical cancer. Sign up for an e-mail reminder to schedule your next annual Pap smear.
URL:http://www.papsmear.org
20.Anatomy of a Pelvic Exam
From Planned Parenthood.
URL:http://www.ppcna.org/pelvexam.html
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