Diagnosis and management of the infertile couple: Missing information

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-307

  Baird, D T ^a   Cohen, J ^a   Collins, J ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Evers, J L H ^a   Irvine, S ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a   Tarlatzis, B ^a   Templeton, A ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a   Andersen, H ^a   Crosignani, Pier Giorio ^b   Diczfalusy, E ^a   Fauser, B C J M ^a   Fraser, L ^a   Glasier, A ^a   Weis, E ^a  

^a Università di Milano ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Diagnosis; Infertility; Management

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BIRTH; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SUBFERTILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 3242879748     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh024     Document Type: Review

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