A meta-analysis of the Papanicolaou smear and wet mount for the diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Wiese, Wilhelmine ^a   Patel, Sangnya R ^a   Patel, Sanjay C ^a   Ohl, Christopher A ^a   Estrada, Carlos A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0033974819     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00466-0     Document Type: Article

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