Contributors
Bart C. J. M. Fauser: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jacky Boivin: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Pedro N. Barri: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Basil C. Tarlatzis: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Lone Schmidt: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Rachel Levy-Toledano: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Qinghua Shi: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
25
January
2019
Publication date Collection: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0211150
Affiliations
[1
]
University of Utrecht and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
[2
]
Cardiff Fertility Studies Research Group School of Psychology, College of Biomedical
and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
[3
]
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproduction, Hospital Universitari Dexeus,
Barcelona, Spain
[4
]
School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
[5
]
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
[6
]
Theramex HQ UK Limited, London, United Kingdom
China University of Science and Technology, CHINA
Author notes
Competing Interests: We have the following interests. This study was sponsored and funded by Teva Pharmaceuticals
Europe, Women’s Health Division (now Theramex HQ UK Limited). The study was designed
by academic investigators and by representatives of the sponsor, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Europe. Statistical analysis was completed by Renee Wurth, PhD. Bart CJM Fauser: Over
the last 5 years has received fees or grant support from the following organizations:
Actavis/Watson/Uteron, Controversies in Obstetrics & Gynecology (COGI), Dutch Heart
Foundation, Dutch Medical Research Council (ZonMW), Euroscreen/Ogeda, Ferring, London
Womens Clinic (LWC), Merck Serono (GFI grant), Myovant, Netherland Genomic Initiative
(NGI), OvaScience, Pantharei Bioscience, PregLem/Gedeon Richter/Finox, Reproductive
Biomedicine Online (RBMO), Roche, Teva/Theramex, and World Health Organization (WHO).
Jacky Boivin: Over the last 5 years has received (or her University has received for
her projects) fees or grant support from the following organizations: Merck Norway
(Merck AB NUF), Ferring International Center S.A., Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals,
Merck KGaA, Actavis Generics, IBSA Institut Biochimique, World Health Organization,
Daiwai Foundation, European Society for Human Reproduction & Embryology. Pedro Barri:
Nothing to disclose. Basil Tarlatzis: Over the last 5 years has received grants/research
support from Merck Sharp & Dohme, Merck Serono, Angelini; has received honoraria or
consultation fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme, Merck Serono, IBSA, Ferring; has participated
in companysponsored speaker’s bureaus for Merck Sharp & Dohme, Merck Serono, IBSA;
has received travel grants from Ferring and IBSA. Lone Schmidt: Over the last 5 years
has received funding from the Danish Health Foundation; the Danish Research Council;
The Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen; Teva/Theramex. Rachel Levy-Toledano: Was
a consultant for Teva Europe Medical Affairs during the conduct of the survey and
was a consultant for Theramex HQ UK Limited, London at the time the manuscript was
written. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.
This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and
materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-25249
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211150
PMC ID: 6347360
PubMed ID: 30682152
SO-VID: 61343014-0cb2-4b00-9e63-4d659fc80b15
Copyright © © 2019 Fauser et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 30
August
2018
Date
accepted
: 8
January
2019
Page count
Figures: 5,
Tables: 1,
Pages: 15
Funding
Funded by: Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe, Women’s Health Division (now Theramex HQ UK Limited)
This study was sponsored and funded by Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe, Women’s Health
Division (now Theramex HQ UK Limited). The study was designed by academic investigators
and by representatives of the sponsor, Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe. Statistical analysis
was completed by Renee Wurth, PhD and all authors. All authors contributed to the
interpretation of data and writing or critically reviewing and revising the manuscript.
All authors had access to the data, take complete responsibility for the integrity
of the data and accuracy of the data analysis and take final responsibility to submit
for publication. Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe and Theramex HQ UK Limited provided support
in the form of honoraria for author RLT, but did not have any additional role in the,
data collection, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. All academic
authors did not receive any financial compensation for their efforts in relation to
this publication. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author
contributions’ section.
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Cell Biology
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Animal Cells
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Germ Cells
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Sperm
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Sexuality Groupings
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Homosexuals
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Urology
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