Presence of the major outer-membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with chronic salpingitis and salpingitis isthmica nodosa with tubal occlusion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 774-776

  Dieterle, Stefan ^a   Rummel, Carola ^a   Bader, L Werner ^a   Petersen, Heiko ^a   Fenner, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Direct fluorescent antibody test; Major outer membrane protein; Salpingitis; Salpingitis isthmica nodosa; Tubal infertility

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGITIS;

EID: 0031754999     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00248-9     Document Type: Article

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