Higher birth rate after recombinant hCG triggering compared with urinary-derived hCG in single-blastocyst IVF antagonist cycles: A randomized controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2902-2904

  Papanikolaou, Evangelos G ^a,b   Fatemi, Human ^a   Camus, Michel ^a   Kyrou, Dimitra ^a   Polyzos, Nikos P ^c   Humaidan, Peter ^d   Tarlatzis, Basil ^b   Devroey, Paul ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research   (Greece)

^d SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

delivery rate; GnRH antagonists; Ovulation triggering; recombinant hCG; urinary hCG

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENOTROPINS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 78650592627     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.04.077     Document Type: Article

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