Investigation and treatment of repeated implantation failure following IVF-ET

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3036-3043

  Margalioth, E J ^a   Ben Chetrit, A ^a   Gal, M ^a   Eldar Geva, T ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Implantation; IVF failure; IVF treatment; Repeated failure

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANEUPLOIDY; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HATCHING; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MYOMECTOMY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY RATE; REPEATED IMPLANTATION FAILURE; SALPINGECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM; UTERUS DISEASE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33751365980     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del305     Document Type: Short Survey

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