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[Number of admissions for Reiter's disease (ICD-9-code 099.3) in Dutch hospitals in 1981-1987]
L K van Romunde1, D L Stronks, S E Rijpma
1Stichting Informatiecentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg, Utrecht.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|February 6, 1993
Abstract:
The number of hospitalisations of male patients for Reiter's syndrome in the Netherlands declined over the period 1981 to 1987 by almost 40%. This decline is probably connected with a change in sexual behaviour, associated with the fear of AIDS. The number of admissions of female patients is considerably smaller than that of male patients, possibly due to underdiagnosis of the disease.