Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 587-591 , May 1995

Clinical and Microscopic Diagnosis of Vaginal Yeast Infection: A Prospective Analysis

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 1992.

Received 6 May 1994 ,Revised 19 December 1994 ,Accepted 4 January 1994.

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☆ From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado Emergency Medicine Research Center, Denver, Colorado.

☆☆ Supported by Diagnostic Markers, Inc, Englewood, Colorado.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 587-591 , May 1995

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