Comparison of hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy in predicting fertility outcome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1237-1242

  Mol, Ben W J ^a   Collins, John A ^b   Burrows, Elizabeth A ^b   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hysterosalpingography; Laparoscopy; Prognosis; Subfertility; Tubal occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 0032930025     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1237     Document Type: Article

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