Prediction of pregnancy in IVF cycles on the fourth day of ovarian stimulation

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 387-394

  Carrera Rotllan, J ^a   Estrada Garcia L ^b   Sarquella Ventura, J ^c  

^a Clínica de Vic   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antral follicle count; Estradiol; IVF outcome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848923594     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9144-7     Document Type: Article

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