Infertility is common, affecting 15-20% of couples, and is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular unprotected intercourse 3,4. Subfertility is a synonym 4. It can be due to a variety of both female and male factors, and these are discussed in separate articles:
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- 2. Simpson WL, Rausch DR. Imaging of male infertility: pictorial review. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009;192 (6_supplement): S98-107 (Quiz S108-11). doi:10.2214/AJR.07.7109 - Pubmed citation
- 3. Gnoth C, Godehardt E, Frank-Herrmann P et-al. Definition and prevalence of subfertility and infertility. Hum. Reprod. 2005;20 (5): 1144-7. doi:10.1093/humrep/deh870 - Pubmed citation
- 4. Zegers-Hochschild F, Adamson GD, Dyer S, Racowsky C, de Mouzon J, Sokol R, Rienzi L, Sunde A, Schmidt L, Cooke ID, Simpson JL, van der Poel S. The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2017. (2017) Human reproduction (Oxford, England). 32 (9): 1786-1801. doi:10.1093/humrep/dex234 - Pubmed
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