Relationship of progesterone/estradiol ratio on day of hCG administration and pregnancy outcomes in high responders undergoing in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1284-1289

  Lee, Fa Kung ^a,b   Lai, Tsung Hsuan ^a,c   Lin, Tseng Kai ^a,b   Horng, Shang Gwo ^a   Chen, Su Chee ^a,c  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IVF; P E2 ratio; premature luteinization; Receptivity

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349443612     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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