Endocrine and inflammatory factors and endometriosis-associated infertility in assisted reproduction techniques

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Du, Yan Bo ^a,c   Gao, Min Zhi ^b   Shi, Yan ^a,c   Sun, Zhao Gui ^a,b,c   Wang, Jian ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Clinically assisted reproduction; Endocrine and inflammatory factors; Endometriosis; Infertility; PGE2

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A1 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERLEUKIN 1B GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA GENE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDASE SYNTHASE 2 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AROMATASE; CYTOKINES; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872294261     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2567-0     Document Type: Article

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