Secretion of human leukocyte antigen-G by human embryos is associated with a higher in vitro fertilization pregnancy rate

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-36

  Yie, Shang Mian ^a   Balakier, Hanna ^b   Motamedi, Gelareh ^b   Librach, Clifford L ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b The START Clinic   (Canada)

^c Toronto Ontario M5G 1N8 Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

ELISA; HLA G; human embryo; IVF

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY;

EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11844294983     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.06.059     Document Type: Article

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