Management of infertility in low resource countries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Sharma, S ^a   Mittal, S ^b   Aggarwal, P ^c  

^a SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IVF Facility

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Infertility; Low resource settings, IVF; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED OVARY STIMULATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ABORTION; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY;

EID: 70049084204     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02312.x     Document Type: Review

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