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'''Human infertility''' is the apparent inability to conceive and produce children during the normal childbearing years. In the health sciences, the term is defined on a limited and practical basis:"Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive within 1 year." ( Ashim Kumar, MD, Shahin Ghadir, MD, Niloofar Eskandari, MD, & Alan H. DeCherney, MD:Chapter 55 Infertility ''in'' Alan H. DeCherney and Lauren Nathan:Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 10th edition, Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc). | '''Human infertility''' is the apparent inability to conceive and produce children during the normal childbearing years. In the health sciences, the term is defined on a limited and practical basis:"Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive within 1 year." ( Ashim Kumar, MD, Shahin Ghadir, MD, Niloofar Eskandari, MD, & Alan H. DeCherney, MD:Chapter 55 Infertility ''in'' Alan H. DeCherney and Lauren Nathan:Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 10th edition, Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc). This definition means that couples who have tried to have a child for a year but have been unable to establish a pregnancy are eligible to be evaluated for infertility. | ||
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Human infertility is the apparent inability to conceive and produce children during the normal childbearing years. In the health sciences, the term is defined on a limited and practical basis:"Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive within 1 year." ( Ashim Kumar, MD, Shahin Ghadir, MD, Niloofar Eskandari, MD, & Alan H. DeCherney, MD:Chapter 55 Infertility in Alan H. DeCherney and Lauren Nathan:Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 10th edition, Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc). This definition means that couples who have tried to have a child for a year but have been unable to establish a pregnancy are eligible to be evaluated for infertility.