Clinicopathological study of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears for diagnosing of cervical infections

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Bukhari, Mulazim Hussain ^a   Majeed, Mudassar ^a   Qamar, Samina ^a   Niazi, Shahida ^a   Syed, Sadaf Zahra ^b   Yusuf, Ahmed Wasim ^b   Yusuf, Noshin Wasim ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Lady Walingdon Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

fungal infections; Gardnerella; herpes simplex; human papilloma virus; Papanicolaou; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PAKISTAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055198888     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21498     Document Type: Article

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