Chlamydia trachomatis infection & female infertility

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 770-775

  Malik, Abida ^a   Jain, S ^a   Hakim, S ^a   Shukla, I ^a   Rizvi, M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antigen ELISA; Cell culture; Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREVALENCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33747724052     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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