Endometrial microbiome

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 146-152

  Franasiak, Jason M ^a,b   Scott, Richard T ^a,b  

^a REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal subunit; endometrium; microbiome

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VAGINA;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VAGINA;

EID: 85014535568     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000357     Document Type: Review

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