The limited clinical usefulness of taking a history in the evaluation of women with tubal factor infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-10

  Hubacher, David ^a   Grimes, David ^a   Lara Ricalde, Roger ^b   De La Jara, Julio ^b   Garcia Luna, Alonso ^c  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Previous histories or symptoms of infection; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tubal infertility; Usefulness; Validity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEXICO; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYMPTOM; UTERINE BODY DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346186105     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.03.002     Document Type: Article

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