Chlamydia trachomatis antibody titres by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay are useful in predicting severity of adnexal adhesion

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2418-2421

  Tanikawa, M ^a   Harada, T ^a   Katagiri, C ^a   Onohara, Y ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Terakawa, N ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adnexal adhesion; Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydial antibodies; ELISA; Tubal damage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0030443935     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019127     Document Type: Article

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