Diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women based on mailed samples obtained at home: Multipractice comparative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7066, 1996, Pages 1186-1189

  Østergaard, Lars ^a   Moller, Jens K ^a   Andersen, Berit ^a   Olesen, Frede ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HOME; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 0029824727     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7066.1186     Document Type: Article

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