Cytokine polymorphisms and severity of tubal damage in women with chlamydia-associated infertility

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1353-1359

  Ohman H ^a   Tiitinen, A ^b   Halttunen, M ^b   Lehtinen, M ^a   Paavonen, J ^b   Surcel, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CODON; CYTOKINES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTRONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749086315     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597620     Document Type: Article

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