Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection among infertile women in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 277-284

  Kamel, Remah M ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; ELISA; Infertility; McCoy cell culture; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 84878748979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S46678     Document Type: Article

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