Role of Chlamydia trachomatis in miscarriage

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1630-1635

  Baud, David ^a   Goy, Genevieve ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Osterheld, Maria Chiara ^a   Blumer, Serafin ^b   Borel, Nicole ^b   Vial, Yvan ^a   Hohlfeld, Patrick ^a   Pospischil, Andreas ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM; SEXUALITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052181331     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.100865     Document Type: Article

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