Relationship between tumour necrosis factor α and sex steroid concentrations in the follicular fluid of women with immunological infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-268

  Cianci, Antonio ^a,b   Calogero, Aldo E ^a   Palumbo, Marco A ^a   Burrello, Nunziatina ^a   Ciotta, Liliana ^a   Palumbo, Giuseppe ^a   Bernardini, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Bambino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunological infertility; In vitro fertilization; Sex steroid; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 0029877471     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.2.265     Document Type: Article

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