Classical and molecular methods for evaluation of chlamydia trachomatis infection in women with tubal factor infertility

Journal of Reproduction and Infertility

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-33

  Hajikhani, Bahareh ^a   Motallebi, Tayebeh ^b   Norouzi, Jamileh ^b   Bahador, Abbas ^c   Bagheri, Rezvan ^a   Asgari, Soheila ^d   Chamani Tabriz, Leili ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Chlamydia trachomatis; Cytobrush; PCR; Swab

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CERVICAL SWAB; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TUBAL FACTOR INFERTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84872982180     PISSN: 22285482     EISSN: 2251676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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