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Chlamydia serology screening in infertility patients.

Keltz MD, Gera PS, Moustakis M

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA. mdkeltz@aol.com

A prospective study of 210 infertile patients, investigating the role of chlamydia serology as a screening test for tubal infertility with comparison of results with hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy, showed that Chlamydia serology is an inexpensive, noninvasive test that matches or surpasses the predictive value of most standard infertility tests.

Published 27 February 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(3): 752-4.
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