Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin G3 seropositivity is a predictor of reproductive outcomes in infertile women with patent fallopian tubes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1522-1526

  Steiner, Anne Z ^a   Diamond, Michael P ^b,c   Legro, Richard S ^d   Schlaff, William D ^e   Barnhart, Kurt T ^f   Casson, Peter R ^g   Christman, Gregory M ^h   Alvero, Ruben ^e   Hansen, Karl R ⁱ   Geisler, William M ^j   Thomas, Tracey ^k   Santoro, Nanette ^e   Zhang, Heping ^k   Eisenberg, Esther ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; ectopic pregnancy; infertility; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3 ANTIBODY; LETROZOLE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL DENSITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UTERINE TUBE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLOPIAN TUBE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOMARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945584709     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.08.022     Document Type: Article

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