Predictive value of pregnancy history in subfertile couples: results from a nationwide cohort study in the Netherlands

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-527

  van der Steeg, Jan W ^a,b,c   Steures, Pieternel ^a,b,c   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^b   Habbema, J Dik F ^b   Hompes, Peter G A ^c   Michgelsen, Henri W B ^d   van der Heijden, Pieter F M ^e   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   van der Veen, Fulco ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^a,f  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility history; prognosis; prospective cohort; secondary subfertility; spontaneous pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51449111750     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1301     Document Type: Article

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