Mumps orchitis: Report of a mini-epidemic

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2158-2161

  Casella, Roberto ^a   Leibundgut, Bernhard ^a   Lehmann, Kurt ^a   Gasser, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mumps; Mumps vaccine; Orchitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMYLASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEFENAMIC ACID; MUMPS VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUMPS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030729402     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)68186-2     Document Type: Article

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