Is there a uniform basal endometrial gene expression profile during the implantation window in women who became pregnant in a subsequent ICSI cycle?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2549-2557

  Allegra, A ^a   Marino, A ^a   Coffaro, F ^a   Lama, A ^a   Rizza, G ^a   Scaglione, P ^a   Sammartano, F ^a   Santoro, A ^b   Volpes, A ^a  

^a Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Gene expression profile; ICSI; Implantation window; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPL GENE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIF GENE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; NNMT GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLA2G2A GENE; PREGNANCY RATE; STCI GENE; VEGFA GENE;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 70349471141     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep222     Document Type: Article

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