The preconception Mediterranean dietary pattern in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment increases the chance of pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2096-2101

  Vujkovic, Marijana ^a   De Vries, Jeanne H ^b   Lindemans, Jan ^a   MacKlon, Nick S ^a,c,d   Van Der Spek, Peter J ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

folate; homocysteine; Mediterranean diet; Nutrition; reproduction; subfertility; vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049283740     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.079     Document Type: Article

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