Intrauterine administration of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells increases clinical pregnancy rates in frozen/thawed embryo transfer cycles of patients with repeated implantation failure

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Okitsu, Osamu ^a   Kiyokawa, Machiko ^a   Oda, Takashi ^a   Miyake, Kaoru ^a   Sato, Yukiyasu ^b   Fujiwara, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frozen thawed embryo transfer; Implantation failure; PBMC

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIRTH RATE; CELL ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 81555213560     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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