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Editorial
. 2017 Feb;93(1):4-5.
doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052581. Epub 2016 Apr 15.

Advancing STI care in low/middle-income countries: has STI syndromic management reached its use-by date?

Nigel J Garrett  1 , Nuala McGrath  2   3 , Adrian Mindel  1
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Editorial

Advancing STI care in low/middle-income countries: has STI syndromic management reached its use-by date?

Nigel J Garrett et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: CLINICAL STI CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROMIC MANAGEMENT.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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