Associations between dietary patterns and semen quality in men undergoing IVF/ICSI treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1304-1312

  Vujkovic, M ^a   De Vries, J H ^b   Dohle, G R ^a   Bonsel, G J ^a   Lindemans, J ^a   MacKlon, N S ^a,c   Van Der Spek, P J ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a   Steegers Theunissen, R P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Environmental effects; Infertility; Nutrition; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISH; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEAT; MORPHOLOGY; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 66249142281     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep024     Document Type: Article

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