Impact of luteal phase support on pregnancy rates in intrauterine insemination cycles: a prospective randomized study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2508-2513

  Erdem, Ahmet ^a   Erdem, Mehmet ^a   Atmaca, Songül ^a   Guler, Ismail ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

intrauterine insemination; luteal phase support; ovarian stimulation; progesterone vaginal gel; recombinant FSH; Unexplained infertility

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GELS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; VAGINA;

EID: 67349118927     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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