At home testing: Optimizing management for the infertility physician

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1867-1878

  Brezina, Paul R ^a   Haberl, Elisabeth ^a   Wallach, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

at home; Over the counter; testing

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTION TEST; GENETIC SCREENING; HOME TESTING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTELLIGENDER PREDICTION TEST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE TESTING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY FERNING KIT; SALIVATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SECRETION;

CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE;

EID: 79955049787     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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