Intralipid therapy for recurrent implantation failure: New hope or false dawn?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-40

  Shreeve, N ^a   Sadek, K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intralipid; Recurrent implantation failure; T helper cells; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTRALIPID;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT EMBRYO IMPLANTATION FAILURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMULSIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOYBEAN OIL; TH1 CELLS; TH1-TH2 BALANCE;

EID: 84856376049     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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