Increased frequency of serum antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in infertility due to distal tubal disease.

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Published in Lancet on September 11, 1982

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D E Moore, L R Spadoni, H M Foy, S P Wang, J R Daling, C C Kuo, J T Grayston, D A Eschenbach

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