The role of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1448-1450

  Joki Korpela, Päivi ^a   Sahrakorpi, Niina ^a   Halttunen, Mervi ^a   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^b   Paavonen, Jorma ^a   Tiitinen, Aila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM COUNT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 63249116050     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.051     Document Type: Article

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