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===United Kingdom=== In the UK, previous [[NICE guideline]]s defined infertility as failure to conceive after regular unprotected sexual intercourse for two years in the absence of known reproductive pathology.<ref name=nice>{{cite book |title=Fertility: Assessment and Treatment for People with Fertility Problems |publisher=RCOG Press |location=London |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-900364-97-3 |url=http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG011publicinfoenglish.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115121046/http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG011publicinfoenglish.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2010}}</ref> Updated NICE guidelines do not include a specific definition, but recommend that "A woman of reproductive age who has not conceived after 1 year of unprotected vaginal sexual intercourse, in the absence of any known cause of infertility, should be offered further clinical assessment and investigation along with her partner, with earlier referral to a specialist if the woman is over 36 years of age."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG156|title=Fertility: assessment and treatment for people with fertility problems, section: Defining infertility|website=[[NICE Clinical guidelines]], CG156|date=February 2013|access-date=14 February 2014|archive-date=23 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223023043/http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG156|url-status=live}}</ref>
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