Significance of positive Chlamydia serology in women with normal-looking Fallopian tubes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-851

  El Hakim, Elsamawal A ^a   Epee, Mathias ^a   Draycott, Timothy ^a   Gordon, Uma D ^a   Akande, Valentine A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Infection; Normal; Serology; Tubes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77449149655     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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