Bacterial vaginosis and lower genital tract infections in women attending out-patient clinics at a tertiary institution serving a developing community

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Kharsany, A B M ^a   Hoosen, A A ^a,b   Moodley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0030898591     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443619750113807     Document Type: Article

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