Implantation failure, etiology, diagnosis and treatment

International Journal of Infertility and Fetal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Shufaro, Yoel ^a   Schenker, Joseph G ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Implantation; In vitro fertilization; Repeated implantation failure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; NIDATION; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REPEATED IMPLANTATION FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 79952064490     PISSN: 22293817     EISSN: 22293833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10016-1009     Document Type: Review

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