Easiness of use and validity testing of VS-SENSE device for detection of abnormal vaginal flora and bacterial vaginosis

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Donders, Gilbert G G ^a,b,c   Marconi, Camila ^d   Bellen, Gert ^a  

^a Femicare vzw   (Belgium)

^b Regional Hospital Heilig Hart   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS; VALIDITY; BACTERIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VAGINA;

AZO COMPOUND; NITRAZINE;

ADULT; AZO COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 78349287376     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/504972     Document Type: Article

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