Chlamydia antibody testing in subfertile women

Drugs of Today

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. A, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Land, Jolande A ^a   Den Hartog, J E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBFERTILITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33645410709     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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