Are patient characteristics associated with the accuracy of hysterosalpingography in diagnosing tubal pathology? An individual patient data meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Broeze, K A ^a   Opmeer, B C ^a   Van geloven, N ^a   Coppus, S F P J ^a   Collins, J A ^b   Den hartog, J E ^c   Van der Linden, P J Q ^d   Marianowski, P ^e   Ng, E H Y ^f   Van der Steeg, J W ^a   Steures, P ^a   Strandell, A ^g   Van der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Hysterosalpingography; Individual patient data meta analysis; Systematic review; Tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79954487427     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq056     Document Type: Article

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