Determinants of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection
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*The foUowing physicians are coauthors of the paper: L Fedele, F Varotto, F Parazzini-L. Mangiagalli Institute, Milan, Italy. G Nicoletti, G TemperaDepartment of Microbiology, Catania, Italy. G Palumbo-Department of Obstetrical Pathology, Catania, Italy. A Sanna-Department of Microbiology, Rome, Italy S Dell'Acqua, A LucisanoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catholic University "S. Cuore", Rome, Italy. A Gastaldi-Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Brescia, Italy. G P Carosi-Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Brescia, Italy M Massobrio-Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Turin, Italy. N Riccardino-Chemical Laboratory, Clinical and Microbiological Analyses, Ospedale Mauriziano, Turin, Italy. G Benagiano, F M Primiero, M Guarino-1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy. P Fioretti, C De PunzioDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pisa, Italy. M Campa-Department of Biomedicine, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Pisa, Italy. S Bonino-Schering S.p.A., Segrate, Italy.
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