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Syed F Ahmad1, Jeremy K Brown1, Lisa L Campbell1

  • 1MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Ebiomedicine
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Chlamydia trachomatisEctopic pregnancyEmbryo implantationFallopian tubeIntegrins

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