Clinical value of endometrial pinopodes detection in artificial donation cycles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Pantos, Konstantinos ^a   Nikas, George ^a   Makrakis, Evangelos ^a   Stavrou, Dimitrios ^a   Karantzis, Panagiotis ^a   Grammatis, Michael ^a  

^a Centre for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Implantation; Oocyte donation; Pinopodes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OOCYTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3242688842     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62115-3     Document Type: Article

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