Kahraman, Semra
Çetinkaya, Caroline Pirkevi
Çetinkaya, Murat
Tüfekçi, Mehmet Ali
Ekmekçi, Cumhur Gökhan
Montag, Markus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Merck KGaA (GFI 2014)
Article History
Received: 2 March 2018
Accepted: 10 July 2018
First Online: 21 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in this study and involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This prospective cohort study was registered at ExternalRef removed (NCT02230449) and obtained an ethical approval from the institutional review board (23/06/2014–19). All patients gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable.
: SK has received a research grant from the Grant for Fertility Innovation (GFI 2014) provided by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. MM has received consultancy fees from Vitrolife AB Sweden. CPC, MC, MA and CGE declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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