Bacterial vaginosis. More questions than answers

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 394-397

  Pirotta, Marie ^a   Fethers, Kath A ^b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 67449143409     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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