Leukorrhea and bacterial vaginosis as in-office predictors of cervical infection in high-risk women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 808-812

  Hakakha, Michele M ^a   Davis, Jane ^a   Korst, Lisa M ^a   Silverman, Neil S ^a,b  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LEUKORRHEA; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036803946     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02147-6     Document Type: Article

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