Clinical evaluation of affirm VP III in the detection and identification of bacterial vaginosis

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 764-765

  Pappas, A ^a   Makrilakis, Konstantinos ^a   Anyfantis, I ^a   Mitroussia Ziouva, A ^a   Hadjisoteriou, M ^a   Petrikkos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 59349086375     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.6.764     Document Type: Article

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