Trends in inflammatory status of the vaginal flora as established in the Dutch national screening program for cervical cancer over the last decade

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Klomp, Johanna M ^a,b,c   Boon, Mathilde E ^a   Dorman, Manja Z ^a,b,c   Van Haaften, Maarten ^b   Heintz, A Peter M ^c  

^a LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical neoplasms; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA FLORA; WART VIRUS;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GARDNERELLA; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 76549104963     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324965     Document Type: Article

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