High concentrations of lactoferrin in the follicular fluid correlate with embryo quality during in vitro fertilization cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Yanaihara, Atsushi ^a,b   Mitsukawa, Kaori ^a   Iwasaki, Shinji ^a   Otsuki, Katsufumi ^a   Kawamura, Toshihiro ^b   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Denentoshi Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

follicular fluid; infertility; Lactoferrin

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; JAPAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LACTOFERRIN; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33846625560     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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