Parental human leukocyte antigens and implantation failure after in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-43

  Creus, Montserrat ^a   Balasch, Juan ^a   Fábregues, Francisco ^a   Martorell, Jaime ^a   Boada, Montserrat ^b   Peñarrubia, Joana ^a   Barri, Pedro N ^b   Vanrell, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Histocompatibility; HLA antigens; Implantation failure; IVF

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION;

EID: 0031932553     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.39     Document Type: Article

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