The effects of vitamin D supplementation on metabolic profiles and gene expression of insulin and lipid metabolism in infertile polycystic ovary syndrome candidates for in vitro fertilization

Abstract Background Vitamin D deficiency in women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) remarkably decreases the chance of pregnancy, which might be related to its impact on metabolic abnormalities in these patients. It is hypothesized that vitamin D supplementation influences metabolic pr...

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Main Authors: Majid Dastorani, Esmat Aghadavod, Naghmeh Mirhosseini, Fatemeh Foroozanfard, Shahrzad Zadeh Modarres, Mehrnush Amiri Siavashani, Zatollah Asemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12958-018-0413-3