Soluble human leukocyte antigen G expression in phase I culture media at 46 hours after fertilization predicts pregnancy and implantation from day 3 embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1410-1413

  Sher, Geoffrey ^a,b,c   Keskintepe, Levent ^a   Fisch, Jeffery D ^a   Acacio, Brian A ^a   Ahlering, Peter ^a   Batzofin, Joel ^a   Ginsburg, Mike ^a  

^a Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo marker; Implantation; IVF; sHLA G; Soluble HLA G

Indexed keywords

HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN G; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 18144388756     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.061     Document Type: Article

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