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Female subfertility

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 5, Article number: 8 (2019) Cite this article

The WHO defines female subfertility as failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months of regular intercourse or due to impairment of a woman’s capacity to reproduce. This PrimeView highlights some of the mechanisms that may contribute to this condition.

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Female subfertility. Nat Rev Dis Primers 5, 8 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0062-7

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