Fertility-related quality of life from two RCT cohorts with infertility: Unexplained infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2268-2279

  Santoro, Nanette ^a   Eisenberg, Esther ^b   Trussell, J C ^c   Craig, Latasha B ^d   Gracia, Clarisa ^e   Huang, Hao ^f   Alvero, Ruben ^a,m   Casson, Peter ⁱ   Christman, Gregory ^j   Coutifaris, Christos ^e   Diamond, Michael ^k   Jin, Susan ^f   Legro, Richard S ^g   Robinson, Randal D ^h   Schlaff, William D ^l   Zhang, Heping ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ Northeastern Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^l THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

FertiQOL; infertility; polycystic ovary syndrome; quality of life; unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; HIRSUTISM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84992372660     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew175     Document Type: Article

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