Serum hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin to predict the gestational outcome in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Bersinger, N A ^a   Wunder, D M ^a   Nicolas, M ^b   Birkhauser M H ^a   Porquet, D ^b   Guibourdenche, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Hyperglycosylated human chorionic gonadotropin; In vitro fertilization; Maternal serum; Pregnancy outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMER; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 47549117223     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132412     Document Type: Article

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