Tubal evaluation in the investigation of subfertility: A structured comparison of tests

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1313-1321

  Papaioannou, Spyros ^a   Bourdrez, Petra ^b   Varma, Rajesh ^c   Afnan, Masood ^c   Mol, Ben W J ^d   Coomarasamy, Arri ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FALLOPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE;

COLORING AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 10844265469     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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