To estimate the effectiveness of Hybrid Capture II to predict high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) from a cytological cervical sample. Evidence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) was also determined from biopsy samples using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for women referred with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) Papanicolaou smears.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente-Anaheim, 1188 North Euclid Street, Anaheim, CA 92801, USA. neal@lonky.com
