Pelvic inflammatory disease and fertility: A cohort study of 1,844 women with laparoscopically verified disease and 657 control women with normal laparoscopic results

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 185-192

  Weström, Lars ^a,b,c   Joesoef, Riduan ^a,b,c   Reynolds, Gladys ^a,b,c   Hagdu, Alula ^a,b,c   Thompson, Sumner E ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 0026705285     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199207000-00001     Document Type: Article

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