Bacterial vaginosis is not important in the etiology of cervical neoplasia: A survey on women with dyskaryotic smears

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 296-301

  Peters, N ^a,b,c   Leeuwen, A M Van ^a,b,c   Pieters, W J ^a,b,c   Hollema, H ^a,b,c   Quint, W G ^a,b,c   Burger, M P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

^c REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029089778     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199509000-00005     Document Type: Article

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