Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital infection in women with infertility

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wilkowska Trojniel, M ^a   Zdrodowska Stefanow, B ^b   Ostaszewska Puchalska, I ^a   Zbucka, M ^b   Wolczynski S ^b   Grygoruk, C ^c   Kuczynski W ^c   Zdrodowski, M ^b  

^a Diagnostic and Research Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c Center for Reproductive Medicine Kriobank   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Female infertility; Specific anti chlamydial antibodies; Tubal occlusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLAND; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149147843     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-009-0007-6     Document Type: Article

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