The association between Chlamydia trachomatis serology and pelvic damage in women with tubal ectopic gestations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 970-975

  Sheffield, P A ^a   Moore, D E ^a   Voigt, L F ^a   Scholes, D ^a   Wang, S P ^a   Grayston, J T ^a   Daling, J R ^a  

^a Div of Reproductive Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesions; Chlamydia trachomatis; fallopian tubes; serology; tubal ectopic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

EID: 0027369181     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56394-8     Document Type: Article

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