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Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine Volume 54, 2008 - Issue 3
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Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis and Chlamydia trachomatis Among Danish Patients Requesting Abortion

Agata Baczynska Institute for Women's Health, Translational Research Laboratories, University College London, London, United Kingdom and Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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Malene Hvid Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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Philippe Lamy Bioinformatics Research Center (BiRC), University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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Svend Birkelund Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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Gunna Christiansen Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jens Fedder The Fertility Clinic & Scientific Unit, Horsens-Braedstrup Hospital, Horsens, Denmark
Pages 127-134 | Received 28 Nov 2007, Accepted 14 Feb 2008, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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