Relationship between peak serum estradiol levels and treatment outcome in in vitro fertilization cycles after embryo transfer on day 3 or day 5

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Chen, Chi Huang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xingqi ^b   Barnes, Randall ^b   Confino, Edmond ^b   Milad, Magdy ^b   Puscheck, Elizabeth ^b,d   Kazer, Ralph R ^b  

^a 675 N Saint Clair Street ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Estradiol level in serum; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038721777     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00504-1     Document Type: Article

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