Efficacy of intravaginal 0.75% metronidazole gel for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 963-967

  Hillier, Sharon L ^a   Lipinski, Carolyn ^a   Briselden, Ann Marie ^a   Eschenbach, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0027263644     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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