Intrauterine environment and later disease development: Infertility treatment and the risk of diabetes in offspring

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1133-1136

  Alcolado, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REIMPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 33645240474     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.12.033     Document Type: Article

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