Vaginal progesterone gel for luteal phase support in IVF/ICSI cycles: A meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2083-2087

  Polyzos, Nikolaos P ^a,b   Messini, Christina I ^a   Papanikolaou, Evangelos G ^c   Mauri, Davide ^b   Tzioras, Spyridon ^b   Badawy, Ahmed ^d   Messinis, Ioannis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research   (Greece)

^c Assisted Reproduction Unit   (Greece)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ART; infertility; IVF; Luteal phase support; meta analysis; progesterone vaginal gel

Indexed keywords

ENDOMETRIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 78049235099     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.058     Document Type: Article

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