Addition of estradiol to progesterone for luteal supplementation in patients stimulated with GnRH antagonist/rFSH for IVF: A randomized controlled trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2628-2632

  Fatemi, H Mousavi ^a,b   Kolibianakis, E M ^a   Camus, M ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Donoso, P ^a   Papanikolaou, E ^a   Devroey, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GnRH antagonists; Luteal phase support

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; GANIRELIX; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 33749678235     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del117     Document Type: Article

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