Sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic inflammatory disease

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Grio, R ^a,b   Latino, M A ^b   Leotta, E ^a,b   Smirne, C ^a,c   Lanza, A ^a,b   Spagnolo, E ^b   Perozziello, A ^b   Caneparo, A ^a,b   Bello, L ^a,b   Lerro, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Infant Maternal Hospital   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Molinette General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Adnexitis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Mass screening; Mycoplasma infections; Sexually transmitted diseases; Trichomas vaginalis; Vaginosis, bacterial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CANDIDA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 3042637074     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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