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Association between obesity and abnormal Papanicolau(Pap) smear cytology results in a resource-poor Nigerian setting

BACKGROUND: Though obesity is associated with some malignancies, its association with cervical cancer is still inconclusive. This study was aimed at determining if there was an association between obesity and cervical epithelial cell abnormalities (CEA). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional comparati...

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Autores principales: Okoro, Silas Onyemaechi, Ajah, Leonard Ogbonna, Nkwo, Peter Onubiwe, Aniebue, Uzochukwu U., Ozumba, Benjamin Chukwuma, Chigbu, Chibuike Ogwuegbu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7285436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32517800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-00984-w