Impact of obesity on reproductive outcomes after ovarian ablative therapy in PCOS: A collaborative meta-analysis

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-241

  Baghdadi, Leena R ^a,b   Abu Hashim, Hatem ^c   Amer, Saad A K ^d   Palomba, Stefano ^e   Falbo, Angela ^e   Al Ojaimi, Eftekhar ^f   Ott, Johannes ^g   Zhu, Wenjie ^h   Fernandez, Hervé ⁱ   Nasr, Ahmed ^j   Ramzy, Abdel Maguid ^k   Clark, Justin ^a   Doi, Suhail A R ^a,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^f DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h Shen Zhen City Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital   (China)

ⁱ BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^k CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^l PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

obesity; ovarian ablative therapy; ovarian drilling; ovulation; PCOS; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; BODY MASS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVARIAN ABLATIVE THERAPY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865739240     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.05.010     Document Type: Review

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