A strict infertility diagnosis has poor agreement with the clinical diagnosis entered into the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology registry

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2088-2090

  Molinaro, Thomas A ^a   Shaunik, Alka ^a   Lin, Kathleen ^a   Sammel, Mary D ^a   Barnhart, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENITAL SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; SOCIETY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 70749101862     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.082     Document Type: Article

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