HLA DQ alleles and interleukin-10 polymorphism associated with Chlamydia trachomatis-related tubal factor infertility: A case-control study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2073-2078

  Kinnunen, A H ^a   Surcel, H M ^a   Lehtinen, M ^a   Karhukorpi, J ^b   Tiitinen, A ^c   Halttunen, M ^c   Bloigu, A ^a   Morrison, R P ^d   Karttunen, R ^e   Paavonen, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; CHSP60; HLA alleles; Infertility; Interleukin 10

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INTERLEUKIN 10; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-10; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0035988513     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.8.2073     Document Type: Article

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