Reduced oocyte and embryo quality in response to elevated non-esterified fatty acid concentrations: A possible pathway to subfertility?

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 19-29

  Van Hoeck, Veerle ^a,b   Bols, Peter E J ^a   Binelli, Mario ^a   Leroy, Jo L M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo; Free fatty acids; Maternal metabolism; Oocyte; Peri conception; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

FATTY ACID;

BLOOD; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTES;

EID: 84927696977     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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