Chlamydia - The most common cause of female infertility;Chlamydien - Häufigste sterilitätsursache der frau

Gynakologe

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-217

  Clad, Andreas ^a   Meyer, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Labor Prof Arndt and Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility; Prevalence; Screening; Tubal occlusion

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 33947313231     PISSN: 00175994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00129-007-1957-z     Document Type: Review

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