Association of MICA gene polymorphisms with Chlamydia trachomatis infection and related tubal pathology in infertile women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3090-3095

  Mei, Bing ^a   Luo, Qizhi ^a   Du, Kun ^a   Huo, Zhi ^a   Wang, Fuyan ^a   Yu, Ping ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Gene polymorphism; Infertility; MICA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICA GENE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 72949108908     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep339     Document Type: Article

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