The effect of hysteroscopic polypectomy on the concentrations of endometrial implantation factors in uterine flushings

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 737-744

  Ben Nagi, J ^a   Miell, J ^b   Yazbek, J ^a   Holland, T ^a   Jurkovic, D ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometrial polyps; Glycodelin; IGFBP 1; Osteopontin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSTEOPONTIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYPECTOMY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 74949109113     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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