Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene mutations in women with unexplained infertility and recurrent failure of implantation after IVF and embryo transfer

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-73

  Steck, Thomas ^a   Giess, Ralf ^a   Suetterlin, Marc W ^a   Bolland, Monika ^a   Wiest, Stephanie ^a   Poehls, Uwe G ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantation; IVF and embryo transfer; Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF); Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 0346365536     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(03)00315-4     Document Type: Article

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