Chlamydia antibody testing and diagnosing tubal pathology in subfertile women: An individual patient data meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-310

  Broeze, K A ^a   Opmeer, B C ^a   Coppus, S F P J ^a   Van Geloven, N ^a   Alves, M F C ^b   Anestad G ^c   Bhattacharya, S ^d   Allan, J ^e   Guerra Infante, M F ^f   Den Hartog, J E ^g   Land, J A ^h   Idahl, A ⁱ   Van der Linden, P J Q ^j   Mouton, J W ^k   Ng, E H Y ^l   Van der Steeg, J W ^a   Steures, P ^a   Svenstrup, H F ^m   Tiitinen, A ⁿ   Toye, B ^o   Van der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W ^a   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Microbiology Immunology Parasitology and Pathology   (Brazil)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^k CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Chlamydia antibody test; Individual patient data meta analysis; Systematic review; Tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; META ANALYSIS; MICROIMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 79954473219     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq060     Document Type: Article

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