The effects of being overweight and obese on female reproduction: A review

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-94

  Pantasri, Tawiwan ^a,b   Norman, Robert John ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female reproduction; Fertility; Glucose; Lipids; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ANOVULATION; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRESS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84893039084     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.850660     Document Type: Review

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