Chlamydia trachomatis IgG seropositivity is associated with lower natural conception rates in ovulatory subfertile women without visible tubal pathology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3061-3067

  Coppus, S F P J ^a,b,c   Land, J A ^c   Opmeer, B C ^a   Steures, P ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^d   Hompes, P G A ^e   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W J ^a,b   Van Der Steeg, J W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Fallopian tube patency test; treatment independent pregnancy; tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 80054887659     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der307     Document Type: Article

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