Lack of seasonal variations in fertilization, pregnancy and implantation rates in women undergoing IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3122-3129

  Wunder, Dorothea M ^a,c   Limoni, C ^b   Birkhauuser M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c Universitats Frauenklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertilization rates; Iimplantation rates; IVF; Pregnancy rates; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

GOSERELIN; NAFARELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SYNRELINA; TRIPTORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 27944443689     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei177     Document Type: Article

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