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Chapter 8 - Genetics of Human Male Infertility: The Quest for Diagnosis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2022

By
Stéphane Viville  and
Özlem Okutman
Edited by
Stéphane Viville  and
Karen D. Sermon
Stéphane Viville
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale de Strasbourg and Laboratoire de diagnostic génétique, Strasbourg
Karen D. Sermon
Affiliation:
Reproduction and Genetics Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines infertility as the inability to conceive within 12 months despite regular unprotected intercourse, a condition that concerns about 10–15% of couples globally. Infertility is considered as primary or secondary depending on whether a couple has experienced a prior pregnancy or not.

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Textbook of Human Reproductive Genetics , pp. 116 - 131
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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