Female infertility and assisted reproduction: Impact of oxidative stress-- An update

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-207

  Premkumar, Beena J ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Assisted reproduction; Female infertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 2; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY MASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROSALPINX; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFLAMMATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 84869106647     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: 18756581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340412803760711     Document Type: Review

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