Prevention of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Screening for Cervical Chlamydial Infection
- 23 May 1996
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (21), 1362-1366
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199605233342103
Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis is a frequent cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. However, there is little information from clinical studies about whether screening women for cervical chlamydial infection can reduce the incidence of this serious illness.Keywords
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