Granulocyte colony stimulating factor treatment of resistant thin endometrium in women with frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-57

  Kunicki, Michał ^a,b   Łukaszuk, Krzysztof ^a,b,c,d   Liss, Joanna ^c   Skowrońska, Patrycja ^d   Szczyptańska, Joanna ^c  

^a Invicta Fertility and Reproductive Center   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INVICTA Fertility and Reproductive Center   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

FET; G CSF; reproductive medicine; thin endometrium

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANT THIN ENDOMETRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NIDATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84996537920     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2016.1251505     Document Type: Article

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