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Year : 2020 | Volume
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Human immunodeficiency virus and infertility
Pinkee Saxena1, Surveen Ghumman2
1 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital Hari Nagar, India 2 MAX Superspeciality Hospitals, Panchsheel, Saket, Vaishali & Patparganj, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pinkee Saxena MD (Obst & Gyne), FICOG, FICMCH, Specialist Obstetrics & Gyanaecology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital Hari Nagar India
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DOI: 10.4103/2394-4285.288713
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HIV infection has nowadays become a chronic disease. Antiretroviral drug therapy has improved the life expectancy of these patients. Patients are living longer and those in reproductive group have a desire for conception. HIV infected patients may have infertility. Various treatment strategies are followed so that there is minimal or no risk of HIV transmission to the uninfected partner or their offspring. ART (assisted reproductive techniques) clinics with the necessary resources can offer services to HIV infected patients and couples who are willing to use recommended risk-reducing therapies.
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