Positive Chlamydia trachomatis serology result in women seeking care for infertility is a negative prognosticator for intrauterine pregnancy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 842-845

  Keltz, Martin D ^a   Sauerbrun Cutler, May Tal ^a   Durante, Margaret S ^b   Moshier, Erin ^c   Stein, Daniel E ^a   Gonzales, Eric ^a  

^a St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886048262     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000035     Document Type: Article

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