Do lunar phases affect conception rates in assisted reproduction?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Das, Sangeeta ^a   Dodd, Susanna ^b   Lewis Jones, David I ^a   Patel, Foram M ^b   Drakeley, Andrew J ^a   Kingsland, Charles R ^a   Gazvani, Rafet ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Embryo transfer; Lunar phase; New moon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOON; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 17644395632     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-0815-y     Document Type: Article

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