Is bacterial vaginosis associated with squamous intraepithelial lesion of the uterine cervix?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 323-325

  Discacciati, Michelle G ^a   Simões, José Antonio ^a,b   Lopes, Erika S ^a   Silva, Samara M ^a   Montemor, Eliana B L ^a   Rabelo Santos, Silvia H ^a   Westin, Maria C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Papanicolaou smear; Squamous intraepithelial lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 33646451391     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20431     Document Type: Article

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