Follicular fluid vascular endothelial growth factor and tumour necrosis factor α concentrations in patients with endometriosis undergoing ICSI

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Kilic, Sevtap Hamdemir ^a   Evsen, M ^a   Tasdemir, N ^a   Yilmaz, N ^a   Yuksel, B ^a   Dogan, M ^a   Batioglu, S ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Follicular fluid; ICSI; Outcome; TNF ; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 34548718286     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60345-8     Document Type: Article

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