Does obesity really matter? The impact of BMI on embryo quality and pregnancy outcomes after IVF in women aged ≤38 years

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-276

  Zander Fox, Deirdre L ^a,b   Henshaw, Richard ^a   Hamilton, Hamish ^a   Lane, Michelle ^a,b  

^a Repromed   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo; Fetal macrosomia; In vitro fertilisation; Maternal body mass index; Obstetric outcomes

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; OBESITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862567115     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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