Chlamydia1 antibodies in women who suffer miscarriage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-141

  Osser, Stellan ^a   Person, Kenneth ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030062708     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09665.x     Document Type: Article

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