Cytology and clinical spectrum of sexually transmitted infections in Lebanese women as revealed by Pap smear: A cross-sectional study from 2002-2006

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-459

  Karam, W G ^a,d   Rady, A ^b   Abdallah Hajj Hussein, I ^c   Assaad, C ^d   Saliba, J ^c   Aftimos, G ^a   Mortada, M ^d   Hazzouri, M ^d   Bedrossian, N ^d   Naji, S ^d   Leone, Angelo ^e   Jurjus, A R ^c  

^a Institut National de Pathologie   (Lebanon)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HPV; HSV; Lebanon; Pap smear; STIs; Trichomoniasis; Vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELL OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEBANON; LOW GRADE SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 80755125633     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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