Endometrial integrin expression in women undergoing in vitro fertilization and the association with subsequent treatment outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 502-507

  Thomas, Kevin ^a   Thomson, Angus ^a   Wood, Simon ^a   Kingsland, Charles ^a   Vince, Gill ^a   Lewis Jones, Iwan ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Implantation; Integrins; IVF outcome

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042836909     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00792-1     Document Type: Article

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