Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 613-618 , September 2008

Abnormal preconception oral glucose tolerance test predicts an unfavorable pregnancy outcome after an in vitro fertilization cycle

  • Hsiao-Jui Wei, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Infertility Center, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Robert Young, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility Center, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Li Kuo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility Center, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chian-Mey Liaw, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility Center, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Han-Sun Chiang, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Ying Yeh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ching-Ying Yeh, Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Medical Science, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wusing Street, Taipei, Taiwan, 100 (FAX: 886-2-27384831).

Received 27 March 2007 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)01521-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1289

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 3 , Pages 613-618 , September 2008

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