Direct or referral microscopy of vaginal wet smear for bacterial vaginosis: Experience from an STD clinic

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 473-474

  Petersen, Carsten Sand ^a   Danielsen, Anne Grethe ^b   Renneberg, Jan ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Diagnosis; Vaginal wet smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032726552     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750009951     Document Type: Article

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