Is ovarian stimulation detrimental to the endometrium?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Martínez Conejero, José A ^a   Simón, Carlos ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a   Horcajadas, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometrial receptivity; GnRH agonist; GnRH antagonist; Microarrays; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 4; MUCIN 6; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OSTEOPONTIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS FUNCTION;

EID: 34547465660     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60690-6     Document Type: Article

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