Analysis of follicular fluid retinoids in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: Retinoic acid influences embryo quality and is reduced in women with endometriosis

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1116-1124

  Pauli, Samuel A ^a   Session, Donna R ^a   Shang, Weirong ^a   Easley, Kirk ^a   Wieser, Friedrich ^a   Taylor, Robert N ^b   Pierzchalski, Keely ^c   Napoli, Joseph L ^d   Kane, Maureen A ^c   Sidell, Neil ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo quality; follicular fluid; in vitro fertilization; retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

9,13 CIS RETINOIC ACID; ALITRETINOIN; FOLLITROPIN; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EMBRYO QUALITY; FOLLICULAR FLUID; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOIDS;

EID: 84882419439     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719113477487     Document Type: Article

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