Does low-dose aspirin improve pregnancy rate in IVF/ICSI? A randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 856-860

  Dirckx, K ^a   Cabri, P ^a   Merien, A ^a   Galajdova, L ^a   Gerris, J ^a   Dhont, M ^a   De Sutter, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

IVF ICSI; Low dose aspirin; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64949085580     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den476     Document Type: Article

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