Increased rates of thrombophilia in women with repeated IVF failures

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 368-370

  Azem, Foad ^a   Many, Ariel ^a   Yovel, Israel ^a   Amit, Ami ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Kupferminc, Michael J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Failure; Implantation; IVF embryo transfer; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTORY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUTATION; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 1242318742     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh069     Document Type: Article

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