Textbook of Assisted Reproduction
Groundbreaking, comprehensive, and developed by a panel of leading international experts in the field, Textbook of Assisted Reproduction provides a multidisciplinary overview of the diagnosis and management of infertility, which affects 15% of all couples
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Textbook of Assisted Reproduction
Gautam Nand Allahbadia • Baris Ata Steven R. Lindheim • Bryan J. Woodward Bala Bhagavath Editors
Textbook of Assisted Reproduction
Editors Gautam Nand Allahbadia Consultant Reproductive Endocrinology & IVF Millennium Medical Center MMC IVF Dubai Health Care City Dubai UAE Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic
Baris Ata McGill Reproductive Center Royal Victoria Hospital Women’s Pav Montreal QC Canada
Jumeira Dubai UAE
Bryan J. Woodward X&Y Fertility Leicester UK
Steven R. Lindheim Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Dayton, OH USA
Bala Bhagavath School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Rochester Medical Center Newyork USA
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Foreword
It is more than 60 years since we learned how to stimulate the ovary and the testis and more than 40 years that IVF was introduced. These two events together with the development of the clinical use of gonadotropins, GnRH agonists, and antagonists allowed us to help more than 11 million couples to have children. However, there is still much to learn to improve patient pathways to overcome infertility. According
