Bacterial vaginosis - A laboratory and clinical diagnostics enigma: Review article II

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Forsum, Urban ^a,c   Hallén, Anders ^b   Larsson, P G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Laboratory diagnostics; Nugent scoring

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; SIALIDASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; COST; CYTOLOGY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARDNERELLA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOBILUNCUS; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SMEAR; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 17144429636     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm1130301.x     Document Type: Review

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