Serological and clinical correlates of gonorrhoea and syphilis in fertile and infertile Nigerian women

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-197

  Okonofua, F E ^a   Snow, R C ^a   Alemnji, G A ^a   Okoruwa, A ^a   Ijaware, C O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Infertility; Neisseria gonorrhoea; Nigerian women; Serology; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0030818870     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.3.194     Document Type: Article

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