Maternal serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in early ectopic and intrauterine pregnancies after in vitro fertilization treatment

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-313

  Fasouliotis, Sozos J ^a   Spandorfer, Steven D ^a   Witkin, Steven S ^a   Liu, Hung Ching ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey E ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; intrauterine pregnancy; IVF; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 4143054628     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.043     Document Type: Article

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