Altering the timing of human chorionic gonadotropin injection according to serum progesterone (P) concentrations improves embryo quality in cycles with subtle P rise

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 594-597

  Harada, T ^a   Toda, T ^a   Katagiri, C ^a   Mio, Y ^a   Takao, N ^a   Terakawa, N ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

embryo quality; In vitro fertilization; progesterone

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

EID: 0029864187     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58160-6     Document Type: Article

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