Screen LibraryPelvic inflammatory disease
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Chelsea House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, N.Y. |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Deadly diseases and epidemics |
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| Carrier Form: | 81 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0791085074 9780791085073 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | R711 |
| CLC: | R711.33-49 |
| Call Number: | R711.33-49/O261 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 74) and index. Jennifer's story -- The ABCs of PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) -- A silent disease that challenges doctors: the diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease -- A lifetime of trouble: complications of pelvic inflammatory disease -- One of the bacterial causes of PID: gonorrhea -- Chlamydia trachomatis: one of the bacterial causes of PID -- Prevention of PID and its complications: what can be done? Affecting more than a million women in the United States each year, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is the most common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among women. |