Is subfertility or fertility treatment associated with long-term growth in the offspring? A cohort study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1117-1123

  Bay, Bjørn ^a,b   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^c   Kesmodel, Ulrik Schiøler ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; child development; growth; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO PREGNANCY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; HEAD; INFERTILITY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908255089     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.06.048     Document Type: Article

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