Worldwide, more than 7 million children have now been born after ART: these delivery rates
are steadily rising and now comprise 2–6% of births in the European countries. To achieve …

BACKGROUND The great majority of studies performed so far concerning women
diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have focused on diagnosis, menstrual …

BACKGROUND Reproductive disorders and infertility are associated with the risk of
obstetric complications and have a negative impact on pregnancy outcome. Affected …

BACKGROUND Assisted reproduction technology (ART) is used worldwide, at increasing
rates, and data show that some adverse outcomes occur more frequently than following …

BACKGROUND It has been 10 years since we carried out a systematic search of the
literature on birth defect risk in infants born following assisted reproductive technology (ART) …

Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive within 1 year of unprotected intercourse, affects
an estimated 80 million individuals worldwide, or 10-15% of couples of reproductive age …

Objective To evaluate cardiovascular and metabolic features of offspring conceived by in
vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI). Design Literature review and …

STUDY QUESTIONS What are the risks of adverse outcomes in singletons born after frozen-
thawed embryo transfer (FET)? SUMMARY ANSWER Singletons born after FET have a …

Accumulating evidence suggests that insults occurring during the perinatal period alter the
developmental trajectory of the fetus/offspring leading to long-term detrimental outcomes …

We review human studies on the relation between acute exposures to prenatal famine and
adult physical and mental health. These studies are observational and include exposures to …