Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 6 , Pages 1629-1634 , June 2005

Obesity does not impact implantation rates or pregnancy outcome in women attempting conception through oocyte donation

  • Allison Styne-Gross, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Karen Elkind-Hirsch, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Richard T. Scott Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard T. Scott, Jr., M.D., Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, 111 Madison Ave, Ste 100, Morristown, New Jersey 07962 (FAX: 973-290-8370)

Received 17 September 2004 ,Accepted 3 January 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)00543-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.099

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 6 , Pages 1629-1634 , June 2005

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