C-reactive protein and the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Reljic M ^a   Gorisek B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammatory parameters; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY ABSCESS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE ABSCESS;

EID: 0032008247     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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