Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for in vitro fertilization alters endometrial receptivity in humans: Protocol effects

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-686

  Haouzi, Delphine ^a,b,c   Assou, Said ^a,b,c   Dechanet, Clothilde ^a,b,c   Anahory, Tal ^c   Dechaud, Hervé ^a,b,c   De Vos, John ^a,c   Hamamah, Samir ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Female reproductive tract; GnRH analogues; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Growth factors; Human endometrium receptivity; Implantation; Microarray; Natural cycle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 18; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVULATION INDUCTION;

EID: 77953841126     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081299     Document Type: Article

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