Vaginal Wet Mounts on Asymptomatic Adolescent Females; Are They Beneficial?

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Stampler, K M ^a   Lieberman, A ^b   Fraga, M ^b   Cohen, A ^b   Herman, A ^b  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asymptomatic; Gynecology; Microscopy; Sexually transmitted infection; Wet mount

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINITIS; WET MOUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 48949118304     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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