Sexually transmitted diseases in children: chlamydial oculo-genital infection.
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serovars are sexually transmissible. Infection by the D-K serovars affects children of all ages but is uncommon in the prepubertal period. It ranges from perinatal and neonatal infection acquired from the mother, to prepubertal infection as a consequence of long term carriage or voluntary or involuntary sexual intercourse, to sexually transmitted adolescent infection. Infection by the LGV serovars is seen mainly in adolescents with occasional
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genitourinary medicine
دوره 69 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993