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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

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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

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###### Classification Based Upon History[1]

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###### Primary infertility

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

#### Secondary infertility

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* 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

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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.