High serum luteinizing hormone and testosterone concentrations do not predict pregnancy outcome in women with recurrent miscarriage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 348-352

  Nardo, Luciano G ^a   Rai, Raj ^a   Backos, May ^a   El Gaddal, Safaa ^a   Regan, Lesley ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Luteinizing hormone; Pregnancy outcome; Recurrent miscarriage; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036153292     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02995-8     Document Type: Article

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