Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnancy: A retrospective analysis in a German urban area

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1343-1347

  Weissenbacher, Tobias M ^a   Kupka, Markus S ^a   Kainer, Franz ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a   Mylonas, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Germany; Guidelines; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79956076228     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1537-7     Document Type: Article

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