Rapid Diagnosis of Chlamydial Infection in Patients with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Infertility by Immunoperoxidase Assay

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-502

  Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Goel, Neerja ^b   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Aggarwal, Rita ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UCMS AND GTB HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Indirect immunoperoxidase assay; Infertility; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031243485     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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