Pathological study of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome evaluated from fallopian tube damage

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-285

  Kobayashi, Yuko ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kitade, Mari ^a   Kikuchi, Iwaho ^a   Sato, Yuichi ^a   Kinoshita, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FITZ HUGH CURTIS SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSALPINX; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744489630     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00399.x     Document Type: Review

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