Causes and Diagnosis of Female Infertility.
10.5124/jkma.2007.50.5.400
- Author:
Young Min CHOI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. ymchoi@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Female infertility;
Cause of infertility;
Diagnosis of infertility
- MeSH:
Basal Bodies;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis*;
Female;
Female*;
Humans;
Hysteroscopy;
Infertility, Female*;
Laparoscopy;
Pathology;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2007;50(5):400-405
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The major causes of female infertility include ovulatory dysfunction, tubal and peritoneal pathology, uterine pathology, and unexplained factors. For the diagnosis of the underlying cause(s) of female infertility, menstrual history taking, basal body temperature recording, hysterosalphingography, endometrial biopsy, transvaginal ultrasonography, sonohysterography, hysteroscopy, and laparoscopy are clinically useful diagnostic procedures. At present, postcoital test is not a proven valid diagnostic tool in a clinical setting.
