The thin endometrium in assisted reproductive technology: An ongoing challenge

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-7

  Eftekhar, Maryam ^a   Tabibnejad, Nasim ^a   Tabatabaie, Afsar Alsadat ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ART; Thin endometrium; Treatment, endometrial receptivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SILDENAFIL; TAMOXIFEN;

ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL RECEPTIVITY ARRAY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THIN ENDOMETRIUM; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

EID: 85038852268     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: 20903251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2017.12.006     Document Type: Review

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