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Diet-Induced Obesity Model: Abnormal Oocytes and Persistent Growth Abnormalities in the Offspring

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Prevalence and Characteristics of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Overweight and Obese Women

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ACOG Committee Opinion #315: Obesity in Pregnancy

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Maternal Diabetes Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Meiotic Defects in Murine Oocytes

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Obstetric Outcomes After In Vitro Fertilization in Obese and Morbidly Obese Women

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Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Amplitude and Progesterone Metabolite Excretion Are Reduced in Obese Women

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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Women of Childbearing Age: Results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth

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Dietary-Induced Obesity and Hypothalamic Infertility in Female DBA/2J Mice

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Role of Leptin in Reproduction

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Maternal Diabetes Adversely Affects Preovulatory Oocyte Maturation, Development, and Granulosa Cell Apoptosis

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Ovarian Function and Obesity—Interrelationship, Impact on Women’s Reproductive Lifespan and Treatment Options

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Weight Gain Recommendations in Pregnancy and the Obesity Epidemic

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One-Cell Zygote Transfer from Diabetic to Nondiabetic Mouse Results in Congenital Malformations and Growth Retardation in Offspring

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Glucose Transporter Proteins (GLUT) in Human Endometrium: Expression, Regulation, and Function throughout the Menstrual Cycle and in Early Pregnancy

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Leptin and Ovarian Folliculogenesis: Implications for Ovulation Induction and ART Outcomes

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Severe Obesity in Young Women and Reproductive Health: The Danish National Birth Cohort

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Insulin-sensitising drugs (metformin, rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, D-chiro-inositol) for women with polycystic ovary syndrome, oligo amenorrhoea and subfertility

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The impact of body mass index on assisted reproduction

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Maternal diabetes adversely affects AMP-activated protein kinase activity and cellular metabolism in murine oocytes

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The Roles of PPARs in the Fetal Origins of Metabolic Health and Disease

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Leptin Upregulates β3-Integrin Expression and Interleukin-1β Upregulates Leptin and Leptin Receptor Expression in Human Endometrial Epithelial Cell Cultures

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Leptin interferes with 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate (cAMP) signaling to inhibit steroidogenesis in human granulosa cells

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The Impact of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on the Oocyte and the Preimplantation Embryo

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Effects of obesity on assisted reproductive technology outcomes

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Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Alterations of the Neuroendocrine Components of the Reproductive Axis

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Maternal Obesity Results in Offspring Prone to Metabolic Syndrome

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Oocyte donors' body mass index (BMI) confers no adverse effect on recipients' pregnancy outcomes

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The impact of body mass index (BMI) on ovarian stimulation in young oocyte donors

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