Fertility Problems

References

Citations

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

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). 2002 Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates: National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/ART02/index.htm.

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Other Works Consulted

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

  • Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (2002). CFAS Consensus Document for the Investigation of Infertility by First-Line Physicians. Montréal: Klick Communications. Available online: http://www.cfas.ca/english/library/cfasconsensus-eng.pdf.

  • Case AM (2003). Infertility evaluation and management: Strategies for family physicians. Canadian Family Physician, 49: 1465–1472.

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  • Lukse MP, Vacc NA (1999). Grief, depression, and coping in women undergoing infertility treatment. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 93: 245–251.

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  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (1994). Economics of fertility treatment. SOGC Committee Opinion No. 11. Available online: http://www.sogc.org/guidelines/pdf/co11.pdf.


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