Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 788-792 , October 2004

Impact of detection of bacterial endotoxin in menstrual effluent on the pregnancy rate in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

  • Shigeru Kamiyama, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Yoko Teruya, M.D.
    • ,
  • Makoto Nohara, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Koji Kanazawa, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Koji Kanazawa, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara Nishihara-Machi, Nakagami-Gun, Okinawa, Japan (FAX: 81-098-895-1426

Received 8 September 2003 ,Revised 5 January 2004 ,Accepted 5 January 2004.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)01282-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.054

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 4 , Pages 788-792 , October 2004

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