Is it time to consider patients suffering from endometriosis-related infertility as “novel candidates” for targeted peri-conceptional D-chiro inositol supplementation? Hypothesis, rationale and some considerations

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 407-408

  Vitagliano, Amerigo ^a   Noventa, Marco ^a   Gizzo, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; DEXTRO CHIRO INOSITOL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MELATONIN; METFORMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INOSITOL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY MASS; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INOSITOL; METFORMIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84925534873     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0412-z     Document Type: Letter

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