Age and a single day-14 β-HCG can predict ongoing pregnancy following IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-120

  McCoy, Travis W ^a   Nakajima, Steven T ^a   Bohler Jr , Henry C L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotrophin; IVF; Maternal age; Pregnancy outcome; HCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 68149167838     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60054-5     Document Type: Article

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