Thin endometrium in donor oocyte recipients: Enigma or obstacle for implantation?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Dain, Lena ^a   Bider, David ^b   Levron, Jacob ^b   Zinchenko, Viktor ^c   Westler, Sharon ^d   Dirnfeld, Martha ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c In Vitro Fertilization Center   (Ukraine)

^d London Bridge Fertility Gynaecology and Genetics Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; estrogen replacement therapy; oocyte donation; uterine factors

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; LOW DOSE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE; PROGESTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DONOR; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 84887055018     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.1966     Document Type: Article

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