Secretion of soluble HLA-G by day 3 human embryos associated with higher pregnancy and implantation rates: Assay of culture media using a new ELISA kit

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Desai, Nina ^a   Filipovits, Jessica ^a   Goldfarb, James ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Embryo marker; HLA G; Implantation; IVF; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HLA G ANTIGEN; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33747034186     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60626-8     Document Type: Article

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