Rapid communication: Cervical Chlamydia trachomatis in women at low risk for infection

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-125

  Cheema, M Akhtar ^a,d   Rahman, Mahboob U ^b   Whittum Hudson, Judith A ^c   Hudson, Alan P ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Clinical screening; Inapparent infection; Molecular hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SAMPLING; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0034035773     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40700-1     Document Type: Article

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