Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in patients presenting with ectopic pregnancy at Groote Schuur Hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 727-730

  Tregoning, S K ^a   Ballard, R C ^b   Andersson, P B ^a   Fehler, H G ^b   Van Der Spuy, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033865795     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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