Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1820-1824 , December 2009

Decreased endometrial HOXA10 expression associated with use of the copper intrauterine device

  • Amy M. Tetrault, B.S., M.S.
    • ,
  • Susan M. Richman, M.D.
    • ,
  • Xiaolan Fei, M.D.
    • ,
  • Hugh S. Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510 (FAX: 203-785-7819).

Received 11 August 2008 ,Revised 26 August 2008 ,Accepted 29 August 2008.

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 A.M.T. has nothing to disclose. S.M.R. has nothing to disclose. X.F. has nothing to disclose. H.S.T. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by NICHD R01 HD036678 and U54 HD052668.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03848-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.134

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1820-1824 , December 2009

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