Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in infertile women at a university hospital in Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1148-1154

  Al Ramahi, M ^a   Mahafzah, A ^a   Saleh, S ^a   Fram, K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; JORDAN; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 55149099810     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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