Seasonal variation in assisted conception cycles and the influence of photoperiodism on outcome in in vitro fertilization cycles

Human Fertility

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Wood, Simon ^a   Quinn, Alison ^b   Troupe, Stephen ^b   Kingsland, Charles ^b   Lewis Jones, Iwan ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Fertility; Reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; HYALURONIDASE; HYASE; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WINTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845884618     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270600806557     Document Type: Article

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