Re-Evaluating the Treatment of Nongonococcal Urethritis: Emphasizing Emerging Pathogens-A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Standard treatment regimens for nongonococcal urethritis have similar but declining cure rates: a randomized controlled trial.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq074