Disentangling causal paths between obesity and in vitro fertilization outcomes: an intractable problem?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1604-1605

  Howards, Penelope P ^a   Cooney, Maureen A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NIDATION; OBESITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BODY MASS INDEX; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349102931     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.093     Document Type: Article

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