Phagocytosis of spermatozoa and leucocytes by epithelial cells of the genital tract in infertile men infected with Chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasmas

Histopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-234

  Gallegos Avila, Guadalupe ^a   Alvarez Cuevas, Salomón ^a   Niderhauser García, Alberto ^a   Ancer Rodríguez, Jesús ^a   Jaramillo Rangel, Gilberto ^a   Ortega Martínez, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 68749093197     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03341.x     Document Type: Letter

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