Clinical significance of identifying candida on cervicovaginal (Pap) smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Shurbaji, M Salah ^a,b   Burja, Izabela T ^a   Sawyer Jr , William L ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Pap smear; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0344673596     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199907)21:1<14::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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