Nutritional supplementation and artificial reproductive technique (ART) outcomes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 677-683

  Kermack, A J ^a,b,c,d   MacKlon, N S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embryo; in vitro fertilisation; nutrition; vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; ZINC; VITAMIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; VITAMINS;

EID: 84928317715     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD14304     Document Type: Review

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