Circulating progesterone levels and ongoing pregnancy rates in controlled ovarian stimulation cycles for in vitro fertilization: Analysis of over 4000 cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2092-2100

  Bosch, E ^a   Labarta, E ^a   Crespo, J ^a   Simon C ^a   Remohi J ^a   Jenkins, J ^b   Pellicer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GnRH analogues; in vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection; ongoing pregnancy rate; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77954982542     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq125     Document Type: Article

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