Evaluation of endometrial activin A secretion for prediction of pregnancy after intrauterine insemination

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2316-2320

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Bruni, Luca ^a   Galleri, Letizia ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^a   Borges, Lavinia E ^a   Bocchi, Caterina ^a   Litta, Pietro ^b   De Leo, Vincenzo ^a   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Endometrium; Implantation; Pregnancy; Sensitivity; Sonohysterography; Specificity; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; ACTIVIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM THICKNESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE WASHING FLUID; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY TEST; PROGNOSIS; SECRETION; UTERUS;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 77952576251     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.125     Document Type: Article

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