Uterine microbiota plasticity during the menstrual cycle: Differences between healthy controls and patients with recurrent miscarriage or implantation failure

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In contrast to the former notion of a sterile womb, sequencing techniques have proven a bacterial colonization of the uterus. However, timing of microbiota analysis regarding possible intra-cycle variations as well as specific alterations in patients with recurrent miscarriage (RM) or recurrent implantation failure (RIF) remain unknown. In total, n = 20 RM-, n = 20 RIF-patients and n = 10 healthy controls were...

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