Management of infertility

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7620, 2007, Pages 608-611

  Balen, Adam H ^a   Rutherford, Anthony J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OVARIAN RESERVE TEST; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; COUNSELING; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 34848918151     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39324.662049.80     Document Type: Review

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