Repeated implantation failure: Clinical approach

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1039-1043

  Simon, Alex ^a   Laufer, Neri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

implantation; IVF; recurrent implantation failure; Repeated implantation failure; RIF

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT IMPLANTATION FAILURE; REPEATED IMPLANTATION FAILURE; REVIEW; SPERM; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84860348663     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.03.010     Document Type: Review

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