Establishing the Cause of Genitourinary Symptoms in Women in a Family Practice: Comparison of Clinical Examination and Comprehensive Microbiology

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 620-625

  Berg, Alfred O ^a   Heidrich, Fred E ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^a   Bergman, James J ^a   Wood, Robert W ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84944368955     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03340290034016     Document Type: Article

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