IVF outcomes are associated with biomarkers of the homocysteine pathway in monofollicular fluid

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1059-1066

  Boxmeer, Jolanda C ^a   MacKlon, Nick S ^a,b   Lindemans, Jan ^a   Beckers, Nicole G M ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a,b   Laven, Joop S E ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Embryo quality; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GANIRELIX; HOMOCYSTEINE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 67449143173     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep009     Document Type: Article

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