Folic acid supplementation and IVF pregnancy outcome in women with unexplained infertility

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 766-772

  Murto, T ^a   Skoog Svanberg, A ^a   Yngve, A ^b,c   Nilsson, T K ^d   Altmae S ^e,f   Wanggren K ^a   Salumets, A ^e,g   Stavreus Evers, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

dietary supplement; folate; folic acid; homocysteine; infertility; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84901938999     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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