Homocysteine metabolism in the pre-ovulatory follicle during ovarian stimulation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2570-2576

  Boxmeer, Jolanda C ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a   Lindemans, Jan ^a   Wildhagen, Mark F ^a   Martini, Elena ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Macklon, Nick S ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Cobalamin; Folic acid; Follicular fluid; Pyridoxine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COBALAMIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLIC ACID; GANIRELIX; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBFERTILITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 54149119574     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den292     Document Type: Article

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