Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation: A state of neutrophil activation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 288-291

  Orvieto, Raoul ^a,b   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a,b   Abir, Ronit ^a,b   Bar Hava, Itai ^a,b   Fisch, Benjamin ^a,b   Molad, Yair ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neutrophil activation; Ovulation induction; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; INTEGRIN; L SELECTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LUTEINIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0032753905     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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