Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): Relationship between gynecological and histopathological findings

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-267

  Helling Giese, Gertrud ^a,b   Sjaastad, Aimee ^c,d   Poggensee, Gabriele ^e   Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke ^c,d   Richter, Joachim ^e   Chitsulo, Lester ^f   Kumwenda, Newton ^f   Racz, Paul ^b   Roald, Borghild ^c,d   Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ^c,d   Krantz, Ingela ^g   Feldmeier, Hermann ^e,h,i  

^a Frauenklinik Finkenau   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Research Forum   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^f Ministry of Health and Environmental Affairs   (Malawi)

^g NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

colposcopy; diagnosis; eo sinophils; female genital schistosomiasis; histopathology; pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALAWI; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OVUM; POLYPS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; VAGINA; VULVA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030607738     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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