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Serologic Evidence of Past Infection withChlamydia trachomatis,in Relation to Ovarian Cancer
1 Apr 2003
Abstract excerpt
Pelvic inflammatory disease has been inconsistently linked with ovarian cancer. We measured antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis, to chlamydial heat shock protein (CHSP) 60, and to CHSP10, in 117 women with ovarian cancer and in 171 age- and ethnicity-matched population-based control subjects from Oahu, Hawaii. IgG antibodies to serovar D of chlamydia elementary bodies (EB) and IgG antibodies to CHSP60-1,...
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