Home versus clinic-based specimen collection forChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeae
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Home-based versus clinic-based specimen collection in the management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections.
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1478-7210,1744-8336
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.164