Large blastocyst diameter, early blastulation, and low preovulatory serum progesterone are dominant predictors of clinical pregnancy in fresh autologous cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-309

  Shapiro, Bruce S ^a,b   Daneshmand, Said T ^a,b   Garner, Forest C ^a,b   Aguirre, Martha ^a   Thomas, Shyni ^a  

^a Fertility Center Las Vegas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst transfer; endometrial receptivity; IVF; Ovarian stimulation; synchrony

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47849103518     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.062     Document Type: Article

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