Chlamydia antibody testing and diagnosing tubal pathology in subfertile women: an individual patient data meta-analysis
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Chlamydia antibody testing and diagnosing tubal pathology in subfertile women: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND The Chlamydia IgG antibody test (CAT) shows considerable variations in reported estimates of test accuracy, partly because of the use of different assays and cut-off values. The aim of this study was to reassess the accuracy of CAT in diagnosing tubal pathology by individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis for three different CAT assays. METHODS We approached authors of primary st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction Update
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1460-2369,1355-4786
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq060