Definition and prevalence of subfertility and infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1144-1147

  Gnoth, C ^a,e   Godehardt, E ^b   Frank Herrmann, P ^c   Friol, K ^a   Tigges, Jürgen ^a   Freundl, G ^d  

^a Center for Family Planning Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Staedtische Klin Duesseldorf gGmbH   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Definition of subfertility; Fertility awareness; Management of infertility; Prevalence of infertility; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 20344402778     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh870     Document Type: Article

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