"Fertility" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female.
| Descriptor ID |
D005298
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.210
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| Concept/Terms |
Fertility Determinants- Fertility Determinants
- Determinant, Fertility
- Determinants, Fertility
- Fertility Determinant
Fertility Preferences- Fertility Preferences
- Fertility Preference
- Preference, Fertility
- Preferences, Fertility
World Fertility Survey- World Fertility Survey
- Fertility Survey, World
- Fertility Surveys, World
- Survey, World Fertility
- Surveys, World Fertility
- World Fertility Surveys
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fertility" by people in Profiles.
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Le KN, Maguire M, Puchalt NG, Lidon L, S?nchez-Mart?nez A, Franasiak J, Osman E. Parental balanced translocation carriers do not have decreased usable blastulation rates or live birth rates compared with infertile controls. Fertil Steril. 2025 May; 123(5):865-872.
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Boedeker D, Brolinson M, Campedelli AC, Yu R, Raiciulescu S, Devine K, Hill M, DeCherney A, Spitzer T. Initiation and outcomes of women pursuing planned fertility preservation. Fertil Steril. 2025 Jan; 123(1):148-155.
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Pecker LH, Oteng-Ntim E, Nero A, Lanzkron S, Christianson MS, Woolford T, Meacham LR, Mishkin AD. Expecting more: the case for incorporating fertility services into comprehensive sickle cell disease care. Lancet Haematol. 2023 Mar; 10(3):e225-e234.
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Jimbo M, Kunisaki J, Ghaed M, Yu V, Flores HA, Hotaling JM. Fertility in the aging male: a systematic review. Fertil Steril. 2022 12; 118(6):1022-1034.
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Barron ML, Lithgow D, Wade GH, Mueller Luckey G. Fertility Health Knowledge in U.S. Adults: Men Narrowing the Knowledge Gap. Am J Mens Health. 2022 Sep-Oct; 16(5):15579883221117915.
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Danis R, Sriprasert I, Petok W, Stone J, Paulson R, Samplaski M. Does male fertility-related quality of life differ when undergoing evaluation by reproductive urologist versus reproductive endocrinologist? Hum Fertil (Camb). 2023 Dec; 26(2):276-283.
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Iqbal S, Zakar R, Fischer F, Zakar MZ. Consanguineous marriages and their association with women's reproductive health and fertility behavior in Pakistan: secondary data analysis from Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990-2018. BMC Womens Health. 2022 04 14; 22(1):118.
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Franasiak JM, Polyzos NP, Neves AR, Yovich JL, Ho TM, Vuong LN, Norman RJ. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection for all or for a few? Fertil Steril. 2022 02; 117(2):270-284.
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Klimczak AM, Herlihy NS, Scott CS, Hanson BM, Kim JG, Titus S, Seli E, Scott RT. B-cell lymphoma 6 expression is not associated with live birth in a normal responder in?vitro fertilization population. Fertil Steril. 2022 02; 117(2):351-358.
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Freedman MF, Schlaff WD. Avoiding Asherman's syndrome: refining our approach to uterine evacuation. Fertil Steril. 2021 10; 116(4):961-962.