Effectiveness of the postcoital test: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7157, 1998, Pages 502-505

  Oei, S Guid ^a   Helmerhorst, Frans M ^b   Bloemenkamp, Kitty W M ^b   Hollants, Frederieke A M ^b   Meerpoel, Debbie E M ^b   Keirse, Marc J N C ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0032558325     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7157.502     Document Type: Article

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