Hourly human chorionic gonadotropin secretion profiles during the peri-implantation period of successful pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1413-1418

  Lohstroh, Pete N ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a,b   Stewart, Dennis R ^a,b   Nakajima, Steven T ^b   Cragun, Jeffrey R ^b   Boyers, Stephen P ^b   Lasley, Bill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; hourly secretion; immunoassay; peri implantation; pulsatility; serum hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249659636     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.053     Document Type: Article

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