Can screening Chlamydia trachomatis by serological tests predict tubal damage in infertile patients?

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Sönmez, Süha ^a,e   Sönmez, Emine ^c   Yasar, Levent ^a   Aydin, Ferdag ^a   Coskun, Ayhan ^d   Süt, Necdet ^b  

^a Süleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Research and Teaching Hospital

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility; Laparoscopy; Tubal adhesion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 41049116168     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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