Evaluation of Vaginal Complaints

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1368-1379

  Anderson, Matthew R ^a,d   Klink, Kathleen ^b   Cohrssen, Andreas ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Montefiore Behavioral Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINITIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 1542506179     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.11.1368     Document Type: Review

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