Childhood gonorrhoea in Auckland

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1163, 2002, Pages

  Kelly, Patrick ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROBENECID; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; PREPUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17044460577     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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