Highlights
- •There is no evidence to support a clear association between thrombophilia and implantation failure or infertility.
- •Thrombophilia testing in this setting may increase cost, with minimal potential benefit and lead to inappropriate use of anticoagulants with possible deleterious adverse effects.
- •Future well-designed studies are needed to assess the possible benefit of anticoagulant therapy in infertile thrombophilic patients with implantation failure.
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