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No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2010
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-8-57

BACKGROUND: Impact of fetal gender on prematurity has been primarily investigated in singleton pregnancies. In an attempt to understand better how fetal gender may affect gestational length in twin gestations after in vitro fertilization, s…

observational 2009
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-7-136

BACKGROUND: Assisted reproduction (ART) contributes to world-wide increases of twin pregnancies, in turn raising prematurity risks. Whether characteristics of ART cycles, resulting in twin gestations, can predict prematurity risks was the s…

observational 2002
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1023/a:1016062726783

PURPOSE: Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inactivates the estradiol metabolites, 2-hydroxy and 4-hydroxy catechols, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. A COMT valine to methionine polymorphism (G-to-A) in exo…