The spontaneous pregnancy prognosis in untreated subfertile couples: The Walcheren primary care study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1582-1588

  Snick, H K A ^a   Snick, T S ^a   Evers, J L H ^b   Collins, J A ^c  

^a Ziekenhuis Walcheren   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infertility; Prognostic factors; Prognostic model; Spontaneous pregnancy prognosis; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SUBFERTILITY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 0030866658     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1582     Document Type: Article

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