Chlamydia trachomatis antigens recognized in women with tubal factor infertility, normal fertility, and acute infection

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1009-1016

  Budrys, Nicole M ^a,b   Gong, Siqi ^a,b   Rodgers, Allison K ^a,b   Wang, Jie ^a,b   Louden, Christopher ^a,b   Shain, Rochelle ^a,b   Schenken, Robert S ^a,b   Zhong, Guangming ^a,b  

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

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBAL FACTOR INFERTILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860187238     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182519326     Document Type: Article

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