Local mononuclear cell infiltrates in infertile patients with endometrial macropolyps versus micropolyps

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3474-3480

  Kitaya, Kotaro ^a,b   Tada, Yoshihiro ^a   Taguchi, Sagiri ^a   Funabiki, Miyako ^a   Hayashi, Terumi ^a   Nakamura, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Oak Clinic   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chronic endometritis; endometrial macropolyps; endometrial micropolyps; mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL MACROPOLYP; ENDOMETRIAL MICROPOLYP; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYPECTOMY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 84870013024     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des323     Document Type: Article

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