Serum oestradiol and β-HCG measurements after day 3 or 5 embryo transfers in interpreting pregnancy outcome

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-464

  Kumbak, Banu ^a   Oral, Engin ^a   Karlikaya, Guvenc ^a   Lacin, Selman ^a   Kahraman, Semra ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Oestradiol; Pregnancy outcome; human chorionic gonadotrophin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME;

EID: 33749655752     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60631-1     Document Type: Article

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