ART and health: Clinical outcomes and insights on molecular mechanisms from rodent studies

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 189-204

  Feuer, S K ^a   Camarano, L ^b,c   Rinaudo, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fertility Physicians of Northern California   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Barker hypothesis; DOHaD; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLASTOCYST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84875583124     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas066     Document Type: Article

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