Vulvovaginal candidiasis and its related factors in diabetic women

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-404

  Malazy, Ozra Tabatabaei ^a   Shariat, Mamak ^b   Heshmat, Ramin ^a   Majlesi, Fereshteh ^b   Alimohammadian, Masoumeh ^b   Tabari, Nasibeh Khaleghnejad ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Diabetes mellitus; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38049080991     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(08)60010-8     Document Type: Article

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