The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among Saudi women attending the infertility clinic in central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-66

  Alfarraj, Dunia A ^a   Somily, Ali M ^b   Alssum, Rasheed M ^a   Abotalib, Zeinab M ^b   El Sayed, Amal A ^b   Al Mandeel, Hazim H ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MICTURITION; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922032153     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.1.9967     Document Type: Article

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