Results of infertility investigations and follow-up among 312 infertile women and their partners in Kigali, Rwanda

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-101

  Dhont, Nathalie ^a,b   Van de Wijgert, Janneke ^c,d   Vyankandondera, Joseph ^e   Busasa, Rosette ^b   Gasarabwe, Ammiel ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Projet Ubuzima   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^e Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79953176640     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.100410     Document Type: Article

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