Effect of vitamin D supplementation on assisted reproduction technology (ART) outcomes and underlying biological mechanisms: protocol of a randomized clinical controlled trial. The "supplementation of vitamin D and reproductive outcome" (SUNDRO) study

• Main Authors: Alessio Paffoni (Author), Edgardo Somigliana (Author), Veronica Sarais (Author), Stefania Ferrari (Author), Marco Reschini (Author), Sofia Makieva (Author), Enrico Papaleo (Author), Paola Viganò (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Vitamin D plays an important role in human physiology and pathology. The receptor for vitamin D regulates 0.5-5% of the human genome. Accordingly, vitamin D insufficiency has been shown to increase the risk of several diseases. In recent years, based on growing evidence, on a rol...