Performance of five serological chlamydia antibody tests in subfertile women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2621-2627

  Land, J A ^a   Gijsen, A P ^a   Kessels, A G H ^a   Slobbe, M E P ^a   Bruggeman, C A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia antibody test; Diagnostic test; Screening; Serology; Tubal infertility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0348038789     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg479     Document Type: Article

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