Adjuvant therapy enhances endometrial receptivity in patients undergoing assisted reproduction

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 722-729

  Frattarelli, John L ^a,b   Miller, Bradley T ^b   Scott Jr, Richard T ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapies; Endometrial receptivity; IVF; Live birth rate; Pregnancy rate; Vaginal oestradiol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 33745052169     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61084-X     Document Type: Article

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