Chlamydia trachomatis & infertility

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 730-734

  Ray, Krishna ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; INFERTILITY; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROCTITIS; SALPINGITIS; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 33747652957     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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