Association between Bacterial Vaginosis and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gillet, Evy ^a,b   Meys, Joris F A ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^c   Verhelst, Rita ^a   de Sutter, Philippe ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Broeck, Davy Vanden ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867031941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045201     Document Type: Article

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