Effect of body mass index on IVF treatment outcome: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-439

  Rittenberg, Vivian ^a   Seshadri, Srividya ^a   Sunkara, Sesh K ^a   Sobaleva, Sviatlana ^a   Oteng Ntim, Eugene ^a   El Toukhy, Tarek ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction treatment; body mass index; clinical pregnancy rate; live birth rate; miscarriage rate; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; OBESITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 80053567594     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.06.018     Document Type: Review

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