Association of fmr1 genotypes with in vitro fertilization (ivf) outcomes based on ethnicity/race

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,c   Lee, Irene H ^a   Barad, David H ^a,d  

^a Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) and Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RACE DIFFERENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; RACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954546892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018781     Document Type: Article

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