Endometrial receptivity

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-24

  Elnashar, Aboubakr M ^a,c   Aboul Enein, Gamal I ^b  

^a Benha University   (Egypt)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endometrial receptivity; Implantation; Infertility

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; MUCIN 1;

AGE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NIDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OOCYTE; OVULATION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 2442422091     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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