Association between serum folate and Vitamin B-12 and outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 943-950

  Gaskins, Audrey J ^a   Chiu, Yu Han ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Ford, Jennifer B ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^b   Hauser, Russ ^a,b   Chavarro, Jorge E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Folate; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Pregnancy; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; MULTIVITAMIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84942917981     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.112185     Document Type: Article

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