The rate at which serum total β-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin increases after embryo transfer is a predictor of the viability of pregnancy and an identifier of determinants of pregnancy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1626-1633

  Stone, Bronte A ^a   Vargyas, Joyce M ^a   Ringler, Guy E ^a   March, Charles M ^a   Marrs, Richard P ^a  

^a California Fertility Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

gonadotropin dosage; gonadotropins; hCG increase; numbers of blastomeres; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPOULE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLASTOMERE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALIFORNIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751177986     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.048     Document Type: Article

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