Can we distinguish between infertility and subfertility when predicting natural conception in couples with an unfulfilled child wish?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 658-665

  Van Geloven, N ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Hompes, P G ^b   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Mol, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

infertility; mixture survival model; natural conception; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBFERTILITY; TIME TO PREGNANCY;

EID: 84874312495     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des428     Document Type: Article

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