Relationship between serum polyunsaturated fatty acids and pregnancy in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Jungheim, Emily S ^a   Frolova, Antonina I ^a   Jiang, Hui ^a   Riley, Joan K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881517982     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-4115     Document Type: Article

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