Low dose prednisolone administration in routine ICSI patients does not improve pregnancy and implantation rates

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1544-1547

  Ubaldi, F ^a   Rienzi, L ^a   Ferrero, S ^a   Anniballo, R ^a   Iacobelli, M ^a   Cobellis, L ^b   Greco, E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Glucocorticoids; Implantation rate; Prednisolone; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRONUCLEUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0035989363     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.6.1544     Document Type: Article

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