Role of the immunoregulatory potential of seminal plasma in the IVF treatment of infertility
- Authors: Babayan A.A.1, Nikolaeva M.A.1, Smolnikova V.Y.1, Stepanova E.O.1, Dontsova T.V.1, Vanko L.V.1, Ivanets T.Y.1, Kalinina E.A.1, Krechetova L.V.1, Sukhikh G.T.1
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Affiliations:
- Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Issue: No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 76-82
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0300-9092/article/view/248190
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/aig.2018.3.76-82
- ID: 248190
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Alina Anatolievna Babayan
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: alinababayan@yandex.ru
Ph.D., doctor of the department of auxiliary technologies in the treatment of infertility named after prof. B.V. Leonov
Marina Arkadevna Nikolaeva
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: nikolaeva_ma@mail.ru
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology
Veronika Yuryevna Smolnikova
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: v_smolnikova@oparina4.ru
MD, leading research assistant of the Department of Auxiliary Technologies in the treatment of infertility named after prof. B.V. Leonov
Elena Olegovna Stepanova
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: elena2404.07@mail.ru
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology
Tatyana Vladimirovna Dontsova
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: dr.dontsova@gmail.com
postgraduate student of the Department of Auxiliary Technologies in Infertility Treatment
Lyudmila Viktorovna Vanko
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: LVanko@oparina4.ru
MD, Professor, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology
Tatyana Yurievna Ivanets
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: t_ivanets@oparina4.ru
Candidate of Medical Science, Head of the department, clinical diagnostic laboratory
Elena Anatolievna Kalinina
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of RussiaM.D., Ph.D., Head of Department of assistive technologies in infertility treatment
Lyubov Valentinovna Krechetova
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: l_krechetova@oparina4.ru
Ph.D., Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology
Gennady Tikhonovich Sukhikh
Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia
Email: g_sukhikh@oparina4.ru
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Director
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