Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 567-571 , March 2003

Decreased expression of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases in follicular fluid from women with polycystic ovaries compared with normally ovulating patients undergoing in vitro fertilization

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Fertilization Research, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30–31, 2001.

  • Shirly Lahav-Baratz, D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • Endocrine Research Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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  • Zaki Kraiem, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Endocrine Research Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Hanna Shiloh, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Mara Koifman, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • David Ishai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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  • Martha Dirnfeld, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Martha Dirnfeld, M.D., 7 Michal Street, 34362 Haifa, Israel (FAX: 972-4-825-0680).

Received 19 March 2002 ,Revised 26 July 2002 ,Accepted 26 July 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04838-0

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 567-571 , March 2003

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