Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 485-488 , July 2010

Time to pregnancy after a previous miscarriage in subfertile couples

  • Tessa Cox, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tessa Cox-Witbraad, M.D., St. Antonius Hospital Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Koekoekslaan 1, 3430 EM, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands (FAX: 0031-30-6051270).
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  • Jan-Willem van der Steeg, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Pieternel Steures, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Peter G.A. Hompes, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Fulco van der Veen (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jules H. Schagen van Leeuwen, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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  • Cees Renckens, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Westfries Gasthuis, Hoorn, The Netherlands
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  • Patrick M.M. Bossuyt (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biometrics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Ben W.J. Mol (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Máxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, the Netherlands

Received 26 January 2009 ,Revised 21 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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 T.C. has nothing to disclose. J.-W.v.d.S. has nothing to disclose. P.S. has nothing to disclose. P.G.A.H. has nothing to disclose. F.v.d.V. has nothing to disclose. M.J.C.E. has nothing to disclose. J.H.S.v.L. has nothing to disclose. C.R. has nothing to disclose. P.M.M.B. has nothing to disclose. B.W.J.M. has nothing to disclose.

 Partly facilitated by grant 945 12 002 from ZonMW, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, The Hague, The Netherlands.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00752-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.082

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 485-488 , July 2010

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