Role of latent genital tuberculosis in repeated IVF failure in the Indian clinical setting

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Dam, Purvita ^a   Shirazee, Hasibul Hasan ^a   Goswami, Sourendra Kanta ^a   Ghosh, Sanghamitra ^a   Ganesh, Ashalatha ^b   Chaudhury, Koel ^b   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^a  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

IVF failure; Latent tuberculosis; Sub endometrial blood flow; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ENDOMETRIUM; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INDIA; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 33646726327     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091498     Document Type: Article

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