Possible role of the plasminogen activation system in human subfertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-626

  Ebisch, Inge M W ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a,b   Sweep, Fred C G J ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a   Geurts Moespot, Anneke ^a   Thomas, Chris M G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility; in vitro fertilization (IVF); intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI 1); tissue type plasminogen activator (t PA); urokinase type plasminogen activator (u PA)

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SUBFERTILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 33847732274     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1510     Document Type: Article

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