Research & Links

Following below are details and links to a series of research papers. Links to informative websites can be found here.

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Research Papers 

Iodine and thyroid hormones during pregnancy and postpartum.

Gynecol Endocrinol. 2007 Jul;23(7):414-28.
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The impact of peritoneal fluid from healthy women and from women with endometriosis on sperm DNA and its relationship to the sperm deformity.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 92, Issue 1, July 2009, Pages 61-67 Gihan Mansour, Nabil Aziz, Rakesh Sharma, Tommaso Falcone, Jeffery Goldberg, Ashok Agarwal.
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Alterations in sperm DNA methylation patterns at imprinted loci in two classes of infertility.

 Fertility and Sterility, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 2 November 2009 Saher Sue Hammoud, Jahnvi Purwar, Christian Pflueger, Bradley R. Cairns, Douglas T. Carrell.
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Theories of endometriosis.

 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 96, Issue 1, May 2001, Pages 21-34 D. Vinatier, G. Orazi, M. Cosson, P. Dufour.
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Circulating basal anti-Müllerian hormone levels as predictor of ovarian response in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 92, Issue 5, November 2009, Pages 1586-1593 Luciano G. Nardo, Tarek A. Gelbaya, Hannah Wilkinson, Stephen A. Roberts, Allen Yates, Phil Pemberton, Ian Laing.
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Pathogenic mechanisms in endometriosis-associated infertility.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 90, Issue 2, August 2008, Pages 247-257 Sajal Gupta, Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Nabil Aziz, Eric Goldberg, Natalie Krajcir, Ashok Agarwal.
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Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) from cellular phones on human ejaculated semen: an in vitro pilot study.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 92, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 1318-1325 Ashok Agarwal, Nisarg R. Desai, Kartikeya Makker, Alex Varghese, Rand Mouradi, Edmund Sabanegh, Rakesh Sharma .
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Cardiovascular risk in menopausal women and prevalent related co-morbid conditions: facing the post-Women's Health Initiative era.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 92, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 1171-1186 Faustino R. Pérez-López, Peter Chedraui, Juan J. Gilbert, Gonzalo Pérez-Roncero.
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Low folate in seminal plasma is associated with increased sperm DNA damage.

 Fertility and Sterility, Volume 92, Issue 2, August 2009, Pages 548-556 Jolanda C. Boxmeer, Marij Smit, Elaine Utomo, Johannes C. Romijn, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Jan Lindemans, Joop S.E. Laven, Nick S. Macklon, Eric A.P. Steegers, Regine P.M. Steegers-Theunissen .
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