Expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor and interleukin 15 in endometrium of women with recurrent implantation failure after IVF; Correlation with the number of endometrial natural killer cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1946-1954

  Mariee, N ^a   Li, T C ^b   Laird, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endometrium; interleukin 15; leukaemia inhibitory factor; natural killer cells; recurrent implantation failure

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT IMPLANTATION FAILURE; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84863584939     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des134     Document Type: Article

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