Cost-effectiveness of hysterosalpingography, laparoscopy, and Chlamydia antibody testing in subfertile couples

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 571-580

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia antibody testing; Cost effectiveness analysis; Diagnosis; Hysterosalpingography; Laparoscopy; Tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBFERTILITY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035128330     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01748-9     Document Type: Article

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