Urinary Leukocyte Esterase Screening Test for Asymptomatic Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections in Males

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 18, 1989, Pages 2562-2566

  Shafer, Mary Ann ^a   Schachter, Julius ^b   Moscicki, Anna Barbara ^a   Weiss, Anna ^a   Shalwitz, Janet ^c   Vaughan, Elaine ^a   Millstein, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Forensic Youth Medical/Psychiatric Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTERASES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0024359091     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430180104038     Document Type: Article

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