Occurrence of Mycoplasma genitalium in fertile and infertile women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2376-2380

  Grześko, Joanna ^a   Elias, Marek ^a   Maczyńska, Beata ^a   Kasprzykowska, Urszula ^a   Tłaczała, Magdalena ^a   Goluda, Marian ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cervical canal; idiopathic infertility; Mycoplasma genitalium; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67349254813     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.060     Document Type: Article

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