Evidence of chlamydial infection in infertile women with fallopian tube obstruction

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 680-683

  Sharma, Meera ^a   Sethi, Sunil ^a   Daftari, Sangeeta ^a   Malhotra, Saria ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Tubal infertility

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 2342430176     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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