Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1166-1176 , May 2008

Local injury to the endometrium in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation cycles improves implantation rates

  • Liang Zhou, M.D.
    • ,
  • Rong Li, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Rong Li, M.D. Ph.D., Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, 1120 Lian hua Road, Fu tian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518036, People's Republic of China (FAX: 086-755-83923333-6157).
    • ,
  • Rong Wang, B.A.
    • ,
  • Hai-xiong Huang, B.A.
    • ,
  • Kai Zhong, B.A.

Received 6 April 2007 ,Revised 23 May 2007 ,Accepted 23 May 2007.

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 Supported by the Doctor Engineering Foundation of Guang Dong Province, China (Yue Wei, 2004, No. 199).

PII: S0015-0282(07)01205-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.064

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 1166-1176 , May 2008

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