Micronucleus frequency in women with genital Chlamydia Trachomatis infection before and after therapy

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 608, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Dimitrijevic A ^a   Milosevic Djordjevic O ^b   Grujicic D ^b   Arsenijević, S ^a  

^a Clinic of Kragujevac

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Doxycycline; Females; Micronuclei; Peripheral blood lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CYTOCHALASIN B; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 33748768452     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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