Sexually transmitted infections in adolescent girls.
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Sexually transmitted infections in adolescent women.
Adolescent women possess physiologic and, frequently, behavioral characteristics that place them at an increased risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections. Diagnosis and prompt treatment of sexually transmitted infections is of paramount importance for an adolescent's future fertility and prevention of transmission to future partners. Diagnosis and treatment is often hindered by lack...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.63.2.119