Identifying subfertile ovulatory women for timely tubal patency testing: A clinical decision rule based on medical history

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2685-2692

  Coppus, S F P J ^a,b   Verhoeve, H R ^c   Opmeer, B C ^a   Van der Steeg, J W ^a,d   Steures, P ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^d   Hompes, P G A ^e   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Van der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W J ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; Medical history; Tubal patency testing; Tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OVULATION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 34548794760     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem251     Document Type: Article

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