Luteal estrogen supplementation in stimulated cycles may improve the pregnancy rate in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Drakakis, Peter ^a   Loutradis, Dimitris ^a   Vomvolaki, Eleftheria ^a   Stefanidis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Kiapekou, Erasmia ^a   Anagnostou, Elli ^a   Anastasiadou, Kiki ^a   Milingos, Spiros ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Estradiol supplementation; In vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Luteal support; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE PLUS NORGESTREL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL PHASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 36248983271     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590701664923     Document Type: Article

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