Maternal serum hCG and alpha-fetoprotein levels in pregnancies conceived after IVF or ICSI with fresh and frozen-thawed embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 572-575

  Hui, P W ^a   Tang, M H Y ^b   Lam, Y H ^c   Ng, E H Y ^d   Yeung, W S B ^d   Ho, P C ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Prenatal Diagnosis Center   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Frozen thawed embryo transfer; hCG; ICSI; IVF

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; NIDATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY; THAWING;

EID: 0037339122     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg153     Document Type: Article

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