Gab Kovacs, The Subfertility Handbook: A Clinician’s Guide
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Chapter 1 Subfertility – a logical approach Gab Kovacs
The introductory point I would like to make is that the term “infertility” is no longer applicable and we should be referring to “subfertility”. The Oxford Dictionary defines “infertility” as “not capable of producing offspring; barren”. With the advances in treatment over the last three decades, the development of IVF, the use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), application of testicul...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0971-9202,0975-6434
DOI: 10.1007/s13224-014-0505-8