Value of colposcopy in the diagnosis of candidiasis in patients with vulvodynia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Pagano, Ross ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Candidiasis, vulvovaginal; Colposcopy; Vulva; Vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA; COLPOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VULVA; VULVODYNIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34047128198     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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