Interleukin-10 in preovulatory follicular fluid of patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-190

  Geva, Eli ^b   Lessing, Joseph B ^b   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b   Azem, Foad ^b   Yovel, Israel ^b   Ben Yosef, Dalit ^b   Barkai, Uriel ^b   Amit, Ami ^a  

^a Serlin Maternity Hospital   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; Interleukin 10; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031040880     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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