Chlamydial serology in 1303 asymptomatic subfertile couples

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1464-1475

  Eggert Kruse, Waltraud ^a   Rohr, Gerhard ^b   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Rusu, Ruxandra ^a   Näher, Helmut ^c   Petzoldt, Detlef ^c   Runnebaum, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydial serology; Genital infection; In vitro sperm cervical mucus penetration test; Post coital test; Sperm mucus interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTCOITAL TEST; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SUBFERTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030819044     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1464     Document Type: Article

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