Chlamydia trachomatis infection, Fallopian tube damage and a mannose-binding lectin codon 54 gene polymorphism

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1861-1865

  Sziller, I ^a   Babula, O ^b   Ujhazy A ^a   Nagy, B ^a   Hupuczi, P ^a   Papp, Z ^a   Linhares, I M ^b   Ledger, W J ^b   Witkin, S S ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Gene polymorphism; Mannose binding lectin; Serology; Tubal occlusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; WILD TYPE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 34447329862     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem107     Document Type: Article

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