Endometrial leukemia inhibitory factor as a predictor of pregnancy after in vitro fertilization

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Serafini, Paulo ^a,b   Rocha, André M ^b   Osório, Cyntia T ^c   da Silva, Ismael ^d   Motta, Eduardo L ^b,d   Baracat, Edmund C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Ctro Reprod Hum Huntington SP   (Brazil)

^c A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial receptivity; In vitro fertilization; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Luteal phase; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46549086863     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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