The effect of luteal phase support protocol on cycle outcome and luteal phase hormone profile in long agonist protocol intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles: a randomized clinical trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 486-493

  Ghanem, Mohamad E ^a,b   Sadek, Ehab E ^a,b   Elboghdady, Laila A ^a,b   Helal, Adel S ^a,b   Gamal, Anas ^b   Eldiasty, Amany ^b   Bakre, Nagwa I ^b   Houssen, Maha ^c  

^a Mansoura Integrated Fertility Center   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ICSI; long agonist protocol; luteal phase hormone profile; Luteal phase support; randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651100656     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1717     Document Type: Article

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