Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in women with unexplained infertility

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 749-754

  Eftekhar, Maryam ^a   Pourmasumi, Soheila ^a   Sabeti, Parvin ^a   Aflatoonian, Abbas ^a   Sheikhha, Mohammad Hasan ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genital mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN CELL; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DNA FRAGMENT; FOLLITROPIN;

EID: 84954553081     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29252/ijrm.13.12.749     Document Type: Article

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