Elevated level of follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor is a marker of diminished pregnancy potential

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 836-839

  Friedman, Chad I ^a   Seifer, David B ^a,b   Kennard, Elizabeth A ^a   Arbogast, Laura ^a   Alak, Baha ^a   Danforth, Douglas R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; In vitro fertilization; Ovarian aging; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THECA CELL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOKINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032213029     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00301-X     Document Type: Article

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