The usefulness of screaning for Chlamydial trachomatis infection with cervical mucus leukocyte esterase

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  El Shourbagy, Mahmoud ^a,b   Diab, Khaled M ^a   Abdalla, Mahmoud Y ^a   El Salam, Magda Abd ^a   Mohasb, Shadia H ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervical; Chlamydia trachomatis; Leukocyte esterase

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING TEST; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SMEAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CERVIX MUCUS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031596611     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1998.tb00047.x     Document Type: Article

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