Sexually transmitted infections in Switzerland: Return of the classics

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-142

  Lautenschlager, Stephan ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lues; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually transmitted infections; Syphilis; Urethritis

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLICULITIS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; SYPHILIS;

EID: 16244381721     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082569     Document Type: Review

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