Successful treatment of unresponsive thin endometrium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2123.e13-2123.e17

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b   Vidali, Andrea ^c   Barad, David H ^a,d  

^a Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c American Infertility Services   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endometrial thickness; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; implantation; in vitro fertilization (IVF); inadequate endometrium; pregnancy chance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SILDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNRESPONSIVE THIN ENDOMETRIUM;

EID: 79954999129     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.143     Document Type: Article

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