The frequency of salpingitis and ectopic pregnancy as epidemiologic markers of Chlamydia trachomatis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Bjartling, Carina ^a   Osser, Stellan ^a   Persson, Kenneth ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Ectopic pregnancy; Salpingitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALPINGITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALPINGITIS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033952372     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079002123.x     Document Type: Article

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