Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in subfertile women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3009-3012

  Macmillan, Susan ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility; Prevalence; Screening; Uterine instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SUBFERTILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0032760575     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.12.3009     Document Type: Article

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