Presence of 20% or more clue cells: An accurate criterion for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in papanicolaou cervical smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-276

  Discacciati, Michelle G ^a   Simoes, Jose Antonio ^a,c   Amaral, Rita G ^b   Brolazo, Eliane ^a   Rabelo Santos, Silvia H ^a,b   Westin, Maria C A ^a   Montemor, Eliana B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Diagnostic validation study; Interobserver variability; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33645552359     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20418     Document Type: Article

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