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Chapter 39 - Female Subfertility

from Section 4 - Subfertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Mohamed Saad Elmoursi  and
Tahir Mahmood
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Prevalence, pathophysiology, endocrinology, diagnostics, therapeutic options

Keywords

Prevalencecauses of female subfertilityinvestigationstreatmentassisted conceptionpolycystic ovarytubal diseaseunexplained
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 241 - 250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Fields, E, Chard, J, James, D, Treasure, T. Fertility (update): summary of NICE guidance. BMJ. 2013;346:f650.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kamel, RM. Management of the infertile couple: an evidence-based protocol. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 2010;8:21.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lindsay, TJ, Vitrikas, KR. Evaluation and treatment of infertility. American Family Physician. 2015;91(5):308–14.Google Scholar
Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile female: a committee opinion. Fertility and Sterility. 2015;103(6):e44–50.Google Scholar
Chandra, A, Copen, CE, Stephen, EH. Infertility and impaired fecundity in the United States, 1982–2010: data from the National Survey of Family Growth. Natl Health Stat Report. 2013(67):1–21.Google ScholarPubMed
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Gynecologic Practice and Practice Committee. Female age-related fertility decline. Committee Opinion No. 589. Fertility and Sterility. 2014;101(3):633–4.Google Scholar

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