Strategies to manage refractory endometrium: State of the art in 2016

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 474-489

  Garcia Velasco, Juan A ^a   Acevedo, Belen ^b   Alvarez, Claudio ^c   Alvarez, Monica ^d   Bellver, Jose ^e   Fontes, Juan ^f   Landeras, Jose ^g   Manau, Dolors ^h   Martinez, Francisca ⁱ   Muñoz, Elkin ^j   Robles, Ana ^k   Rodriguez Tabernero, Luis ^l  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MATERNO INFANTIL DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^e IVI Valencia   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^g IVI Murcia   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^j IVI Vigo   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

assisted reproductive treatment; endometrial lining; IVF; refractory endometrium

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDLINE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE DISEASES;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84977855140     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.02.001     Document Type: Review

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