Infertility Following Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

A. J. Pavletic; P.  Wölner-Hanssen; J.  Paavonen; S. E. Hawes; D. A. Eschenbach

doi:10.1155/S106474499900023X

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1999)

Infertility Following Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

A. J. Pavletic,
P. Wölner-Hanssen,
J. Paavonen,
S. E. Hawes,
D. A. Eschenbach

Affiliations

A. J. Pavletic: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, 983075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-3075, NE, USA
P. Wölner-Hanssen: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
J. Paavonen: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Helsinbi, Finland
S. E. Hawes: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
D. A. Eschenbach: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S106474499900023X
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 145 – 152

Abstract

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Objective: To assess the frequency of infertility after pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and factors important in postinfectious tubal damage in an urban population at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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