Overtreatment in couples with unexplained infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-80

  Kersten, F A M ^a   Hermens, R P G M ^a   Braat, D D M ^a   Hoek, A ^b   Mol, B W J ^c   Goddijn, M ^d   Nelen, W L D M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

expectant management; guideline adherence; implementation; prognostic models; unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NULLIPARA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TUBAL PATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922423818     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu262     Document Type: Article

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