Mechanisms in endocrinology - Vitamin D and fertility: A systematic review

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-778

  Lerchbaum, Elisabeth ^a   Obermayer Pietsch, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ALFACALCIDOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ATORVASTATIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ELOCALCITOL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; OXYGENASE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED ENZYME; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D METABOLIZING ENZYME; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANOVULATION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862084795     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0984     Document Type: Review

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