Infertility: A global perspective;Infertilità: Una visione globale

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-457

  Benagiano, G ^a,b   Bastianelli, C ^a   Farris, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infertility; Reproductive medicine; Reproductive techniques

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 33846477411     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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