Observer agreement with laparoscopic diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease using photographs

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 875-880

  Molander, Pontus ^a   Finne, Patrik ^a   Sjöberg, Jari ^b   Sellors, John ^b   Paavonen, Jorma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037728618     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200305000-00009     Document Type: Article

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