American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 192, Issue 4 , Pages 1256-1260 , April 2005

Telomere length predicts embryo fragmentation after in vitro fertilization in women—Toward a telomere theory of reproductive aging in women

  • David L. Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
    • MBL, Woods Hole, Mass
    • Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Keefe, Dept of Ob/Gyn, Brown University, Woman and Infants Hospital, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905.
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  • Sonia Franco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain
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  • Lin Liu

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
    • MBL, Woods Hole, Mass
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  • James Trimarchi

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
    • MBL, Woods Hole, Mass
    • Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Benning Cao

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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  • Sherry Weitzen

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
    • ,
  • Shoba Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
    • MBL, Woods Hole, Mass
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  • Maria A. Blasco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain

Received 17 January 2005 ,Revised 19 January 2005 ,Accepted 19 January 2005.

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 Supported by grants from the Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Faculty Research Fund to D.K., and by the Ministry of Science and Technology (PM97-0133), Spain, and from the European Union (EURATOM/991/0201, FIGH-CT-1999-00002, FIS5-1999-00055) to M.A.B.Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, September 9-11, 2004, Bolton Landing, NY.

PII: S0002-9378(05)00113-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.036

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 192, Issue 4 , Pages 1256-1260 , April 2005

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