Should a hysterosalpingogram be a first-line investigation to diagnose female tubal subfertility in the modern subfertility workup?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 967-971

  Lim, Chou Phay ^a   Hasafa, Zaid ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^b   Maheshwari, A ^c  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia antibody titre; hysterosalpingo contrast sonography; hysterosalpingogram; infertility; tubal patency test

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY TITRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FEMALE TUBAL SUBFERTILITY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGO CONTRAST SONOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 79955416817     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der046     Document Type: Article

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