Estradiol supplementation during the luteal phase may improve the pregnancy rate in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 761-766

  Farhi, Jacob ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^a   Steinfeld, Zohar ^a   Shorer, Michal ^a   Nahum, Hana ^a   Levran, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Estradiol supplementation; IVF ET; Luteal support; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; ISRAEL; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034020698     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00632-9     Document Type: Article

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