Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection of semen specimens by ligase chain reaction

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 777-779

  Pannekoek, Yvonne ^a   Westenberg, Steven M ^a   Eijk, Paul P ^a   Repping, Sjoerd ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; URINE;

EID: 0141539321     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05187-0     Document Type: Article

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