Does the presence of vaginitis on a pap smear correlate with clinical symptoms in the patient?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-434

  Heller, Debra S ^a   Pitsos, Miltiadis ^b   Skurnick, Joan ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Candida; Trichomonas; Vaginal smears; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRURITUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 47149090588     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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