Endometrial leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) as a possible cause of unexplained infertility and multiple failures of implantation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-143

  Hambartsoumian, Edouard ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Faulkner Reproductive Medicine Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Endometrium; Human; Implantation; LIF; Sterility

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031976107     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00345.x     Document Type: Article

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