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Asymptomatic non-chlamydial, non-gonococcal urethritis — an iatrogenic disease?

Basil Donovan
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School of Public Health, University of Sydney; and Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital; address for correspondence: PO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia; email: donovanb@sesahs.nsw.gov.au

Sexual Health 1(2) 65-67 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH03016
Submitted: 11 November 2003  Accepted: 5 March 2004   Published: 24 June 2004


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