Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 6 , Pages 1831-1836 , April 2010

Effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,-bis (4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDT) in follicular fluid on the results of in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer (IVF-ET) programs

  • Simona Jirsová, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Simon Jirsová, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Apolinářská 18, 128 51 Prague, Czech Republic (FAX: +420 224 922 545).
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  • Jaromír Mašata, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Libor Jech, R.N.Dr.

      Affiliations

    • AXYS Varilab, Vrané nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Jana Zvárová, Prof., R.N.Dr., Ph.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • EuroMISE Centrum of Charles University and Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic

Received 12 September 2008 ,Revised 13 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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 S.J. has nothing to disclose. J.M. has nothing to disclose. L.J. has nothing to disclose. J.Z. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the Internal Grant Agency of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04782-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 6 , Pages 1831-1836 , April 2010

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