Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF): A mediator in endometrial receptivity for a patient with polycystic ovary (PCO) undergoing in vitro maturation (IVM)

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lucena, Elkin ^a   Moreno Ortiz, Harold ^a,b  

^a Reproductive Immunology Division   (Colombia)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUNSELING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIAL THINNING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84894417377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008115     Document Type: Article

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