Bacterial infections of the lower genital tract in fertile and infertile women from the southeastern Poland

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 352-358

  Tomusiak, Anna ^a   Heczko, Piotr Bogumil ^a   Janeczko, Jaroslaw ^b   Adamski, Pawel ^c   Pilarczyk Zurek, Magdalena ^a   Strus, Magdalena ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Centrum Leczenia Niep odno ci PARENS   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerobic vaginitis; Bacterial vaginosis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Genital mycoplasmas; Infertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879217064     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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