Impact of detection of bacterial endotoxin in menstrual effluent on the pregnancy rate in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 788-792

  Kamiyama, Shigeru ^a   Teruya, Yoko ^a   Nohara, Makoto ^a   Kanazawa, Koji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial endotoxin; IVF ET outcome; menstrual effluent

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTOXIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIMULUS TEST; MALE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 5144228351     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.054     Document Type: Article

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