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The Causes of Infertility and Relative Effectiveness of Treatment

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Infertility

Abstract

There has been greatly increased demand for treatment of infertility during the last decade, not due to any increase in its incidence but because of the perception that effective treatment is now available. And the demands are worldwide. Infertility is as deeply painful to the affected individuals in undeveloped overpopulated countries as in developed countries. It also seems to be equally common (though accurate demographic studies are only available in developed countries, as described in Chapter 2), and the causes appear to be the same except in Africa, where tubal damage is relatively common due to sexually transmitted pelvic infection [1]. Therefore the needs of treatment are virtually the same the world over.

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    Allan A. Templeton MD, FRCOG (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

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Hull, M.G.R. (1992). The Causes of Infertility and Relative Effectiveness of Treatment. In: Templeton, A.A., Drife, J.O. (eds) Infertility. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1962-3_3

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