Utility of pH test & Whiff test in syndromic approach of abnormal vaginal discharge

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-448

  Thulkar, Jyoti ^a   Kriplani, Alka ^a   Agarwal, Nutan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; pH test; Syndromic approach; Vaginal discharge; Whiff test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; WHIFF TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77949742770     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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