Chlamydia serology screening in infertility patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 752-754

  Keltz, Martin D ^a,b   Gera, Puja Sharma ^a   Moustakis, Margarita ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 32944466596     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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