Humoral immune response to the chlamydial heat shock proteins hsp60 and hsp70 in Chlamydia-associated chronic salpingitis with tubal occlusion

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1352-1356

  Dieterle, S ^a   Wollenhaupt, J ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis infection; Chlamydial antibodies; Heat shock protein; Salpingitis; Tubal infertility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALPINGITIS; URETHRA; URINE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030016559     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019387     Document Type: Article

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