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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Reprod Infert</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arij001</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Reproduction &amp; Infertility</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">2228-5482</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2251-676X</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Avicenna Research Institute</publisher-name>
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        <article-title>Efficacy of Intrauterine Injection of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) on Treatment of Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage: A Pilot RCT Study</article-title>
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        <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Zafardoust</surname><given-names>Simin</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Akhondi</surname><given-names>Mohammad Mehdi</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sadeghi</surname><given-names>Mohammad Reza</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mohammadzadeh</surname><given-names>Afsaneh</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Karimi</surname><given-names>Atousa</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jouhari</surname><given-names>Sheyda</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ansaripour</surname><given-names>Soheila</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran</aff></contrib-group>
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      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>379</fpage>
      <lpage>386</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>11</day>
          <month>3</month>
          <year>2017</year>
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        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>6</day>
          <month>5</month>
          <year>2017</year>
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      &lt;p&gt;Background: Endometrium undergoes several changes in structure and cellular composition during pregnancy. Granulocyte Colony-stimulating Factor (GCS-F) is an important cytokine with critical role in embryo implantation and pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of intrauterine injection of G-CSF in patients who suffer from unexplained recurrent miscarriage (RM).&lt;br /&gt;
Methods: In the present randomized clinical trial, a total of 68 patients were randomly allocated into two study groups including intrauterine G-CSF (n=23, 300 &lt;em&gt;&amp;mu;g&lt;/em&gt;) injection and control group (n=27, no G-CSF injection). Eighteen out of 68 patients were excluded from the final analysis due to different reasons. All patients were in Ovulation Induction (I/O) cycle. In G-CSF group, intrauterine injection of G-CSF was done twice in the cycle. All enrolled patients were under 40 years old and had at least two unexplained pregnancy losses. Pregnancy was evaluated by titer of &amp;beta;hCG, presence of gestational sac (implantation) and fetal heart rate (clinical pregnancy) was assessed by vaginal ultrasonography. Student&amp;rsquo;s T test and Mann-Whitney U were used for analysis. The p&amp;le;0.05 was determined as statistically significant.&lt;br /&gt;
Results: No significant differences were observed between the two study groups when the rates of chemical pregnancy (26.1%&lt;em&gt; vs.&lt;/em&gt; 29.6%, p=0.781), implantation (26.1% &lt;em&gt;vs.&lt;/em&gt; 22.2%, p=0.750), clinical pregnancy (17.4% &lt;em&gt;vs.&lt;/em&gt; 11.1%, p=0.689) and abortion (33% &lt;em&gt;vs.&lt;/em&gt; 37.5%, p=0.296) were compared.&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion: In our study, no significant difference was observed between the two study groups when the rates of chemical pregnancy, implantation, clinical pregnancy and abortion were compared.&lt;/p&gt;

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