Clinical consequences of immune responses to chlamydia in men

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 136-142

  Mazzoli, S ^a   Meacci, F ^a   Cosco, E ^a   Poggiali, C ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis immune response; IgA subclasses; IgA1; IgA2; male chlamydial infections; prostatitis; secretory IgA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0029819398     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1996)4:3<136::AID-IDOG6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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