Evidence that the endometrial microbiota has an effect on implantation success or failure

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 684-703

  Moreno, Inmaculada ^a,j   Codoñer, Francisco M ^c   Vilella, Felipe ^d,e,j   Valbuena, Diana ^a   Martinez Blanch, Juan F ^c   Jimenez Almazán, Jorge ^a   Alonso, Roberto ^a   Alamá, Pilar ^f   Remohí, Jose ^f,g   Pellicer, Antonio ^g,i   Ramon, Daniel ^c,h   Simon, Carlos ^b,d,e,g,j  

^a Igenomix SL ^*  (Spain)

^b Igenomix SL   (Spain)

^c Lifesequencing SL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^e Instituto Universitario IVI INCLIVA   (Spain)

^f IVI Valencia   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h Biopolis SL   (Spain)

ⁱ IVI Rome   (Italy)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

assisted reproductive techniques; bacterial pathogens; embryo implantation; endometrial microbiota; endometrial receptivity array

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ATOPOBIUM; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOMETRIAL MICROBIOTA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GARDNERELLA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MEGASPHAERA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PARVIMONAS; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYROSEQUENCING; SPHINGOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENETICS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROBIOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVOTELLA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 85001807255     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.09.075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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