Antral follicle assessment after down-regulation may be a useful tool for predicting pregnancy loss in in vitro fertilization pregnancies

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Elter, Koray ^a,b   Kavak, Zehra N ^a   Gokaslan, Husnu ^a   Pekin, Tanju ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antral follicle; Biochemical pregnancy; Ovarian reserve; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANTRAL FOLLICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 23244450249     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590500099313     Document Type: Article

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