Sexually transmitted disease testing: Evaluation of diagnostic tests and methods

Adolescent Medicine Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-299

  Spigarelli, Michael G ^a   Biro, Frank M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA PROBE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; VAGINITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 3142606763     PISSN: 15473368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.admecli.2004.02.006     Document Type: Review

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