Body mass index and fertility: Is there a correlation with human reproduction outcomes?

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-236

  Vilarino, Fábia Lima ^a   Christofolini, Denise Maria ^a   Rodrigues, Débora ^a   De Souza, Angela Mara Bentes ^a   Christofolini, Juliana ^a   Bianco, Bianca ^a   Barbosa, Caio Parente ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BMI; fertility; ICSI; IVF

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 79952378622     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2010.490613     Document Type: Article

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