Low fertility and the risk of type 2 diabetes in women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3472-3478

  Elbers, Clara C ^a,b   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Wijmenga, Cisca ^c   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

infertility; irregular menstrual cycle; low fertility; miscarriages; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 81055124844     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der332     Document Type: Article

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