Leukocyte origin and profile in follicular aspirates at oocyte retrieval

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3526-3531

  Smith, Mike P ^a   Flannery, G R ^b   Randle, B J ^a   Jenkins, J M ^a   Holmes, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Follicular aspirates; IVF ET; Leukocyte origin; Leukocyte profile; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION;

EID: 28544440859     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei240     Document Type: Article

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