Frequency of infectious agents for vaginitis in patients with a cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-147

  Tirone, N R ^a   Souza, C E V ^a   Michelin, M A ^a   Murta, E F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ASCUS; Infectious agents; Papanicolaou smears; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA; CELL TYPE; COCCOBACILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 41849141649     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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