Greater implantation and pregnancy rates with vaginal progesterone in intracytoplasmic sperm injection but not in in vitro fertilization cycles: A retrospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1391-1396

  Manno, Massimo ^a   Marchesan, Emanuela ^a   Cicutto, Daniele ^a   Zadro, Donatella ^a   Favretti, Cristina ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a  

^a Pordenone Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICSI; Implantation rate; Intramuscular; IVF; Pregnancy rate; Progesterone; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18144401364     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.054     Document Type: Article

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