Further observations, mainly serological, on a cohort of women with or without pelvic inflammatory disease

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 712-718

  Taylor Robinson, D ^a   Stacey, C M ^b   Jensen, J S ^c   Thomas, B J ^d   Munday, P E ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Chlamydia trachomatis; Laparoscopy; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Salpingitis; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350231512     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008489     Document Type: Article

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