Repeating episodes of low fecundability. A multicentre European study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1448-1453

  Basso, Olga ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^a   Bisanti, Luigi ^b   Bolumar, Francisco ^c   Kuppers Chinnow, Marion ^d   Juul, S ^e   Karmaus, W ^e   Fletcher, T ^e   Figa Talamanca I ^e   Thonneau, P ^e,e   Pantelakis, S ^e   Spinelli, A ^e   Schaumburg, I ^e   Wulff, M ^e   Biczysko, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b Regione Lombardia Serv E/S I   (Italy)

^c Nordig Inst Hlth Res/Prevention   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fecundability; Recurrence; Subfecundity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 0030821684     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1448     Document Type: Article

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