Autoimmune response to Chlamydia trachomatis infection and in vitro fertilization outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 946-948

  Pacchiarotti, Arianna ^a,b   Sbracia, Marco ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed A ^a,b   Frega, Antonio ^a   Pacchiarotti, Alessandro ^b   Espinola, Salomè M B ^b   Aragona, Cesare ^a,b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b Praxi Pro Vita Centro di Fertilità   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; ITALY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349107415     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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