Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women with secondary infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Malik, Abida ^a   Jain, Suchitra ^a   Rizvi, Meher ^a   Shukla, Indu ^a   Hakim, Seema ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia antigen; Chlamydia trachomatis; culture; IgG antibodies; secondary infertility

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 57849136890     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.070     Document Type: Article

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