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The effects of adult lifestyle--primarily smoking and diet in women, and sedentary habits generally--are important factors affecting the fertility of …
Authors: Richard M Sharpe, Stephen Franks
Source: Nature cell biology. 2002 Oct
View Full TextThere is plentiful evidence that genetic factors have an important part to play in the etiology of polycystic ovary syndrome. As yet, however, none of…
Authors: Stephen Franks
Source: Fertility and sterility. 2006 Jul
View Full TextBACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the commonest cause of anovulatory infertility and menstrual cycle abnormalities, but the factors resp…
Authors: Stephen Franks, Jaroslav Stark, Kate Hardy
Source: Human reproduction update. 2008 Jul-Aug
View Full TextAuthors: Stephen Franks
Source: Endocrinology. 2009 Sep
View Full TextThe postnatal mouse ovary is rich in quiescent and early-growing oocytes, each one surrounded by a layer of somatic granulosa cells (GCs) on a basal l…
Authors: Patricia Da Silva-Buttkus, Gayani S Jayasooriya, Jocelyn M Mora, Margaret Mobberley, Timothy A Ryder, Marianne Baithun, Jaroslav Stark, Stephen Franks, Kate Hardy
Source: Journal of cell science. 2008 Dec 1
View Full TextOBJECTIVE: Application of the newly introduced Rotterdam criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) generates four phenotypic subgroups, defined by…
Authors: Thomas M Barber, John A H Wass, Mark I McCarthy, Stephen Franks
Source: Clinical endocrinology. 2007 Apr
View Full TextPCOS is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility. Anovulation in PCOS is exacerbated by weight gain and improved by calorie restriction in ove…
Authors: Stephen Franks
Source: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America. 2003 Sep
View Full TextOBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess whether metabolic abnormalities can explain endothelial dysfunction and associated cardiovascular disease risk (CVDr) in…
Authors: Morten B Sorensen, Stephen Franks, Carole Robertson, Dudley J Pennell, Peter Collins
Source: Clinical endocrinology. 2006 Nov
View Full TextWe have recently proposed that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has its origin in fetal life. This hypothesis is based on data from animal models (rhe…
Authors: Stephen Franks, Mark I McCarthy, Kate Hardy
Source: International journal of andrology. 2006 Feb
View Full TextFollicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) at a wide range of doses is routinely added to culture media during in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes, but the e…
Authors: Ruth Roberts, Aikaterini Iatropoulou, Daniel Ciantar, Jaroslav Stark, David L Becker, Stephen Franks, Kate Hardy
Source: Biology of reproduction. 2005 Jan
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