Stimulation of endometrium embryo transfer (SEET): injection of embryo culture supernatant into the uterine cavity before blastocyst transfer can improve implantation and pregnancy rates

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1339-1343

  Goto, Sakae ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b   Hashimoto, Hiromi ^a   Kokeguchi, Shoji ^a   Shiotani, Masahide ^a  

^a Hanabusa Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; cross talk; embryo culture supernatant; endometrium

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; EMBRYO CULTURE SUPERNATANT; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULATION OF ENDOMETRIUM EMBRYO TRANSFER; SUPERNATANT; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; UTERUS;

EID: 35649005983     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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