Association of lower genital tract inflammation with objective evidence of endometritis

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a,d   Ness, Roberta B ^b   Soper, David E ^c   Bass, Debra ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexitis; Clinical trials; Diagnosis; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Predictors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADNEXITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTPATIENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0033995593     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(2000)8:2<83::AID-IDOG4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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