May Underdiagnosed Nutrition Imbalances Be Responsible for a Portion of So-Called Unexplained Infertility? from Diagnosis to Potential Treatment Options

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 812-822

  Noventa, Marco ^a   Quaranta, Michela ^b   Vitagliano, Amerigo ^a   Cinthya, Vescio ^a   Valentini, Romina ^c   Campagnaro, Tania ^c   Marci, Roberto ^d   Paola, Rossana Di ^b   Alviggi, Carlo ^e   Gangemi, Michele ^a   Saccardi, Carlo ^a   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^a   Gizzo, Salvatore ^a  

^a Istituto di Ginecologia e Ostetricia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; dietary imbalance; dietary supplementation; obesity; unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; COBALAMIN; COLECALCIFEROL; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXTRO CHIROINOSITOL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLUORINE; FOLIC ACID; INOSITOL; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; IODINE; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICOTINIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROGESTERONE; PYRIDOXINE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RIBOFLAVIN; SODIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84967330224     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719115620496     Document Type: Article

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