Leukocyte immunotherapy improves live delivery rates following embryo transfer in women with at least two previous failures: A retrospective review

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-88

  Check, J H ^a,b   Liss, J ^a   Check, M L ^a   Diantonio, A ^a   Choe, J K ^a   Graziano, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Immunotherapy; Live deliveries; Lymphocytes; Progesterone; Recalcitrant

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 23044482733     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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