Epidemiology and natural history of ligase chain reaction detected chlamydial and gonococcal infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 208-209

  Kissin, D M ^b   Holman, S ^a   Minkoff, H L ^a   DeMeo, L ^a   McCormack, W M ^a   DeHovitz, Jack A ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST CONTROL; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW YORK CITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036089263     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.3.208     Document Type: Article

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