Effect of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate before embryo transfer on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a randomized trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1098-1102

  Abu Musa, Antoine ^a   Usta, Ihab ^a   Nassar, Anwar ^a   Hajami, Fatiha ^a   Hannoun, Antoine ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone caproate; IVF ET; pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; 17-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PROGESTERONE CAPROATE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY RATE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERUS;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTINS; UTERUS;

EID: 43649091959     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.043     Document Type: Article

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