Premature progesterone elevation spares blastulation but not pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization with coculture

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 648-652

  Fanchin, Renato ^a   Taieb, Joëlle ^a   Hourvitz, Ariel ^a   Hazout, André ^a   Olivennes, François ^a   Frydman, René ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Coculture; Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; Embryo quality; Premature luteinization; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COCULTURE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0343925345     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80464-5     Document Type: Article

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