Routine Chlamydia antibody testing is of limited use in subfertile women with anovulation
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Performance of five serological chlamydia antibody tests in subfertile women.
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive BioMedicine Online
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1472-6483
DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60874-7