Serological responses of patients with ectopic pregnancy to epitopes of the Chlamydia trachomatis 60 kDa heat shock protein

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1088-1093

  Sziller, I ^a   Witkin, S S ^b   Ziegert, M ^b,c   Csapo Z ^a   Ujhazy A ^a   Papp, Z ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

60 kDa heat shock protein; Chlamydia trachomatis; Ectopic pregnancy; Pelvic inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SALPINGITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031840713     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.1088     Document Type: Article

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