Fertility Problems - References

SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS

Citations

  1. Lobo RA (2007). Infertility: Etiology, diagnostic evaluation, management, prognosis. In VL Katz et al., eds., Comprehensive Gynecology, 5th ed., pp. 1001–1037. Philadelphia: Mosby.

  2. Speroff L, Fritz MA (2005). Female infertility. In Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 7th ed., pp. 1013–1067. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  3. Al-Inany H (2005). Female infertility, search date April 2004. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence. Also available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (2008). 2006 Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates: National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ART/ART2006/508PDF/2006ART.pdf.

  5. Speroff L, Fritz MA (2005). Male infertility. In Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 7th ed., pp. 1135–1173. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Other Works Consulted

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2008). Medical management of ectopic pregnancy. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 94. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111(6): 1479–1485.

  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine (2004). Patient's Fact Sheet: Cancer and Fertility Preservation. Birmingham, AL: Society for Reproductive Medicine.

  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee (2006). Multiple pregnancy associated with infertility therapy. Fertility and Sterility, 86(Suppl 4): S106–S110.

  • El-Chaar D, et al. (2009). Risk of birth defects increased in pregnancies conceived by assisted human reproduction. Fertility and Sterility, 92(5): 1557–1561.

  • Kumar A, et al. (2007). Infertility. In AH DeCherney et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 917–925. New York: McGraw-Hill.

By: Healthwise StaffLast Revised: April 23, 2010
Medical Review: Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics and Gynecology

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