Classification of the lesions observed in female genital schistosomiasis

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-228

  Kjetland, Eyrun F ^a,b   Norseth, Hanne M ^a,c   Taylor, Myra ^b   Lillebø, Kristine ^a,c   Kleppa, Elisabeth ^a,c   Holmen, Sigve D ^a,c   Andebirhan, Asmeret ^d   Yohannes, Tsion H ^e   Gundersen, Svein G ^f,g   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^h   Bagratee, Jayanthilall ^b   Onsrud, Mathias ^a   Leutscher, Peter D C ⁱ  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^f Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification Female genital schistosomiasis Lesions Rubbery papules Sandy patches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 84915752932     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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