Early serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin in pregnancies after in vitro fertilization: contribution of treatment variables and prediction of long-term pregnancy outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-89

  Porat, Shay ^a   Savchev, Stephan ^a   Bdolah, Yuval ^a   Hurwitz, Arye ^a   Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

human chorionic gonadotropin; IVF; outcome; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DELIVERY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347327226     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.116     Document Type: Article

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