Impact of melatonin supplementation in women with unexplained infertility undergoing fertility treatment

Antioxidants

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Espino, Javier ^a   Macedo, María ^b   Lozano, Graciela ^b   Ortiz, Águeda ^b   Rodríguez, Carmina ^b   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a   Bejarano, Ignacio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Extremadura Centre for Human Assisted Reproduction   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Follicular fluid; In vitro fertilization; Melatonin; Oocyte quality; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073362444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox8090338     Document Type: Article

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