Aspirin and heparin to improve live birth rate in IVF for unexplained implantation failure?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 538-541

  Clark, David A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aspirin; controlled clinical trials; heparin; immunology; IVF failure; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW DRUG DOSE; NIDATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84878609755     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.007     Document Type: Note

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