Bacterial vaginosis and infertility: Cause or association?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-63

  Salah, Rasheed M ^a   Allam, Abdelmonem M ^a   Magdy, Amin M ^a   Mohamed, Abeer Sh ^a  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; SECNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84874527226     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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