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Chapter 10 - Individualized Immunological Testing in Recurrent Implantation Failure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2021

By
Diana Alecsandru  and
Juan Antonio García Velasco
Edited by
Human M. Fatemi  and
Barbara Lawrenz
Human M. Fatemi
Affiliation:
IVI Middle East Fertility Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Barbara Lawrenz
Affiliation:
IVI Middle East Fertility Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Summary

Human reproduction is an inefficient process. Still today is no clear definition for recurrent implantation failure (RIF). It is a condition arising from the failure of a successive number of in vitro fertilization cycles (IVF) in which theoretically the pregnancy should have already been achieved. Due to the disparity in the implantation and pregnancy rates among different assisted reproduction centers, a consensus definition has not been achieved. Technological and scientific advances in the field of ART have led to better reproductive outcomes. Despite all the efforts, around 30 percent of healthy euploid embryos still fail to implant today ().

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Individualized In-Vitro Fertilization
Delivering Precision Fertility Treatment
 , pp. 121 - 129
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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