Using infertile patients in epidemiologic studies on subfecundity and embryonal loss

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-611

  Olsen, J ^a,b   Bonde, J P ^c   Hjollund N H ^c   Basso, O ^a   Ernst, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; ICSI outcome; Infertility; IVF

Indexed keywords

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBFERTILITY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 27744498607     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi032     Document Type: Article

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