Can the Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease be Excluded Without a Bimanual Examination?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-158

  Fisher, Lloyd D ^a   Fletcher, Kenneth E ^a   Blake, Diane R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1542285893     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300204     Document Type: Article

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