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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sanjana Nethagani, M.B.B.S.[3]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Infertility is broadly classified into primary and secondary, where primary infertility is seen in women who have never conceived and secondary infertility is the inability to conceive after a previous pregnancy. Infertility can also be classified based on etiology such as endocrine, metabolic, genetic etc

Classification[edit | edit source]

Classification Based Upon History^[1][edit | edit source]

Primary infertility[edit | edit source]

It refers to couples who have never been able to conceive.
Primary infertility also includes women conceived but have had regular miscarriages.

Secondary infertility[edit | edit source]

It refers to difficulty conceiving after already having conceived and carried a normal pregnancy. Technically, secondary infertility is not present if there has been a change of partners.

Other causes of infertility are male infertility, systemic medical illnesses and unexplained infertility.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Hull MG, Cahill DJ (1998). "Female infertility". Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 27 (4): 851–76. doi:10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70044-x. PMID 9922911.

[pmid9922911-1] Hull MG, Cahill DJ (1998). "Female infertility". Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 27 (4): 851–76. doi:10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70044-x. PMID 9922911.

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