Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in human follicular fluid impair in vitro oocyte developmental competence

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1025-1033

  Petro, Evi M L ^a   Leroy, Jo L M R ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Fransen, Erik ^a   De Neubourg, Diane ^b   Dirtu, Alin C ^a,c   De Pauw, Ingrid ^d   Bols, Peter E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

endocrine disruptors; female subfertility; follicular fluid; oocyte quality; serum

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE FERTILITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84858373971     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der448     Document Type: Article

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