Human chorionic gonadotropin as a predictor of outcome in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 270-274

  Homan, Gillian ^a   Brown, Susan ^a   Moran, John ^a   Homan, Sean ^a   Kerin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ART; hCG; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033966301     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00512-9     Document Type: Article

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