Effectiveness of treatment strategies of some women with pelvic inflammatory disease: A randomized trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 573-580

  Ness, Roberta B ^a   Trautmann, Gail ^b   Richter, Holly E ^b   Randall, Hugh ^b   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^b   Nelson, Deborah B ^b   Schubeck, Diane ^b   McNeeley, S Gene ^b   Trout, Wayne ^b   Bass, Debra C ^b   Soper, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 23944486679     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000175193.37531.6e     Document Type: Article

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