Association of the Lewis blood-group phenotype with infertility in women

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Lurie, Samuel ^a,c   Sigler, Erica ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^a   Rabinerson, David ^b   Barash, Amihai ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Bellinson Hospital   (Israel)

^c LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

ABO system; Blood group phenotypes; Infertility; IVF; Lewis system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031816518     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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