Effects of prostaglandin E2 and vascular endothelial growth factor on sperm might lead to endometriosis-associated infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 360-362

  Lee, Te Ching ^a,b   Ho, Han Chen ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YULI VETERANS HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HAMSTER; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OOCYTES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 78650415286     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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