Unreliability of PAP smears to diagnose female genital schistosomiasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-33

  Feldmeier, Hermann ^a   Helling Giese, Gertrud ^b   Poggensee, Gabriele ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Female genital schistosomiasis; PAP smear diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RELIABILITY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0035100509     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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