Implications of asymptomatic endocervical leukocytosis in infertility

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-126

  Ou, Ming Cheh ^a,b,d   Su, Chin Shu ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Infertility; Leukocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

EID: 0033976757     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010229     Document Type: Article

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