Epidemiology of Infertility: An Introduction

Madelon van Wely

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Epidemiology of Infertility: An Introduction

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Infertility is defined by WHO-ICMART as a disease of the reproductive system defined as the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 of more months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. As all women lose their ability to conceive with age, this definition only holds within the womens’ reproductive age-span between the menarche and menopause. On average the woman’s fertility is highest in the early and mid-twenties, then slowly declines and drops even faster at 35 years and older.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Subfertility, Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	6-9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781316488294
ISBN (Print)	9781107139039
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316488294.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Name	Subfertility, Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction

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