Assessing receptivity in the endometrium: The need for a rapid, non-invasive test

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-496

  Edgell, Tracey A ^a   Rombauts, Luk J F ^b,c   Salamonsen, Lois A ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomarker validation; endometrium; genomics; proteomics; receptivity; uterine fluid

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN; CD51 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TAMSULOSIN;

BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NIDATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOMARKER VALIDATION; ENDOMETRIUM; GENOMICS; PROTEOMICS; RECEPTIVITY; UTERINE FLUID;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 84887320324     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.05.014     Document Type: Review

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