{"paper_id":"ddbbc7bb-880b-49b7-8116-603ddd4e8141","body_text":"Abstract\nAbout 15% of the couples are infertile and need medical assistance for reproduction. In about half of those 15% the infertility is caused by a female pathology. In the female, several causes, alone or in association can be present: blocked Fallopian tubes, anovulation, endometriosis, immunological problems and primary ovarian failure. In some patients no apparent cause for the infertility can be detected, they have so-called unexplained or idiopathic infertility.\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nEdwards RG, Steptoe PC, Purdy JM. Establishing full-term human pregnancies using cleaving embryos grown in vitro. Br J Obstet Gynaec 1980; 87: 737–756.\nAsch RH, Ellsworth LR, Balmaceda JP, Wong PC. Pregnancy after translaparoscopic gamete intra-Fallopian transfer. Lancet 1984; ii: 1034–1035.\nBraeckmans P, Devroey P, Camus M, et al. Gamete intra-Fallopian transfer: evaluation of 100 consecutive trials. Human Reproduction 1987; 2: 201–207.\nDevroey P, Braeckmans P, Smitz J, Van Waesberghe L, Wisanto A, Van Steirteghem AC. Pregnancy after translaparoscopic zygote intra-Fallopian transfer in a patient with sperm antibodies. Lancet 1986; i: 1329.\nTrounson A, Mohr L. Human pregnancy following cryopreservation, thawing and transfer of an eight-cell embryo. Nature 1983; 305: 707–709.\nLutjen P, Trounson A, Leeton J, Findlay J, Wood C, Renou P. The establishment and maintenance of pregnancies using in vitro fertilization and embryo donation in a patient with primary ovarian failure. Nature 1984; 307: 174–175.\nVan Steirteghem AC, Devroey P, Heip J, et al. Monitoring of patients in an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer program. In: Bettoci S, Carenza L, Loverro G, Sadurny G, eds. Human In Vitro Fertilization and Embyro Transfer and Early Embryo Development. Rome, Italy: CIC-Edizioni Internationali, 187–200.\nVan Steirteghem AC, Van den Abbeel E, Braeckmans P, et al. Cryopreservation of human embryos and its application in an oocyte and embryo donation program. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Embryos and Oocyte Freezing. Collection Fondation Marcel Mérieux, 1986: 107–122.\nVan Steirteghem AC, Van den Abbeel E, Braeckmans P, et al. Pregnancy with a frozen-thawed embryo in a woman with primary ovarian failure. The New England J Med 1987; 317: 113.\nVan Steirteghem AC, Van den Abbeel E, Camus M, et al. Cryopreservation of human embryos obtained after gamete intra-Fallopian transfer and/or in vitro fertilization. In: Human Reproduction; in press.\nLasalle B, Testart J, Renard J. Human Embryo features influence the success of cryopreservation with use of 1.2 propanediol. Fertil Steril 1985; 44: 645–651.\nDevroey P, Braeckmans P, Camus M, et al. Pregnancies after replacement of fresh and frozen-thawed embryos in a donation program. In: Feichtinger W, Kemeter P, eds. Future aspects in Human In Vitro Fertilization. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1987: 133–137.\nDevroey P, Smitz J, Wisanto A, et al. Primary ovarian failure: embryo donation after substitution therapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; in press.\nLeeton J, Harman J. Attitudes toward Egg Donation of thirty-four women who donated during their in vitro fertilization treatment. J Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 1986; 3: 374–378.\nNavot D, Laufer N, Kopolovic J, et al. Artificially induced endometrial cycles and establishment of pregnancies in the absence of ovaries. N Engl J Med 1986; 314: 806–811.\nNoyes RW, Hertig AT, Rock J. Dating the endometrial biopsy. Fertil Steril 1950; 1: 3–25.\nNaaktgeboren N, Devroey P, Traey E, Wisanto A, Van Steirteghem AC. Success of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer in Relation to the Cause of infertility. Eur J Fertil Steril 1985; 16: 281–287.\nSmitz J, Devroey P, Braeckmans P, et al. Management of failed cycles in an IVF/GIFT program with the combination of a GnRH analogue and hMG. Human Reproduction 1987; 2,4: 309–314.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1989 Plenum Press, New York\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nDevroey, P., van Steirteghem, A.C. (1989). Clinical Aspects of Female Infertility. In: den Boer, N.C., van der Heiden, C., Leijnse, B., Souverijn, J.H.M. (eds) Clinical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0753-2_65\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0753-2_65\nPublisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA\nPrint ISBN: 978-1-4612-8065-1\nOnline ISBN: 978-1-4613-0753-2\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}