Association of tubal factor infertility with elevated antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis caseinolytic protease P

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 494.e7-494.e14

  Rodgers, Allison K ^a   Wang, Jie ^b,c   Zhang, Yingqian ^b   Holden, Alan ^a   Berryhill, Blake ^a   Budrys, Nicole M ^a   Schenken, Robert S ^a   Zhong, Guangming ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

antibodies to caseinolytic protease P; Chlamydia trachomatis; heat shock protein; tubal factor infertility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LYSATE; CASEINOLYTIC PROTEASE P; CASEINOLYTIC PROTEASE P ANTIBODY; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT110 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT111 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT113 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT286 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT341 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT395 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT396 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT407 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT431 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT604 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT705 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT706 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT709 FUSION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE CT755 FUSION PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 10; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60 ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 COFACTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN DNAK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBAL FACTOR INFERTILITY;

EID: 78149283549     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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