Increased concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor in the follicular fluid of patients with endometriosis does not affect the outcome of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1518-1520

  Attar, Erkut ^a   Genc, Sema ^a   Bulgurcuoglu, Sibel ^a   Topuz, Samet ^a   Serdaroglu, Hasan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0348110630     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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