Review of cytologic criteria of bacterial vaginosis: Examination of 2,841 Papanicolaou-stained vaginal smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Demirezen, Şayeste ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Clue cells; Free cocci; Vaginal smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS; YEAST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0042818031     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10343     Document Type: Review

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