Pregnancy following infertility

Stewart CR, Cooke ID

Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 18(2), 577238, 1974

Pregnancy following infertility

Mohamed Bashir , Mohsin Shera , Aditi Nadkarni

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Jazeera University ROR
st Century Systems (United States) ROR
Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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Stewart, C. R., & Cooke, I. D. (1974). Pregnancy following infertility. Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1(2), 449-475.

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Abortion, Spontaneous, Amniocentesis, Cervix Uteri/surgery, Contraception, Delivery, Obstetric, Female, Fetal Distress, Humans, Infertility, Female/therapy, Labor, Obstetric, Ovarian Diseases, Postpartum Period, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis/prevention & Control, Prenatal Care, Ultrasonography, Uterine Cervical Incompetence, Uterine Diseases

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