The relationship of inflammation in the papanicolaou smear to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a high-risk population

Contraception

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-234

  Paler Jr , Ronald J ^a   Simpson, Donald R ^b   Kaye, Alan M ^b   Gunn, Stuart ^b   Felix, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pathnet Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smear; Chlamydia trachomatis; Gynecological infections; Inflammation; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0342657207     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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