Gynecologic infections seen in cervical smears in Kuwait

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Al Awadhi, Rana ^a   Al Ramadan, Bashayer Adnan ^b   George, Sara Shirly ^a,b   Sharma, Prem Nath ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Gynecologic diseases; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ACTINOMYCES; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 76549123127     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324966     Document Type: Article

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