Dietary folate and reproductive success among women undergoing assisted reproduction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 801-809

  Gaskins, Audrey J ^a   Afeiche, Myriam C ^b   Wright, Diane L ^b   Toth, Thomas L ^b   Williams, Paige L ^b   Gillman, Matthew W ^b   Hauser, Russ ^b   Chavarro, Jorge E ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925225650     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000477     Document Type: Article

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