Screening for chlamydial infections in women with pelvic inflammatory diseases

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-166

  Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Malłhotra, Vijay Laxmi ^a   Deb, Monorama ^a   Rai, Uma ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 0032149714     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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