Two protocols to treat thin endometrium with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during frozen embryo transfer cycles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 349-358

  Xu, Bin ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Hao, Jie ^a   Xu, Dabao ^b   Li, Yanping ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE THIRD XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

endometrial scratch; frozen embryo transfer; granulocyte colony stimulating factor; pregnancy rate; thin endometrium

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 84926408361     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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