Markers of genital tuberculosis in infertility

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 864-867

  Khanna, A ^a   Agrawal, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Genital; Infertility; Markers; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCLE BACILLI ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; TUBERCLE BACILLI POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; ULTRASOUND; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 83755220164     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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