Intrauterine injection of human chorionic gonadotropin before embryo transfer significantly improves the implantation and pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A prospective randomized study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Mansour, Ragaa ^a   Tawab, Nevine ^a   Kamal, Omnia ^a   El Faissal, Yahia ^a   Serour, Ahmed ^a   Aboulghar, Mohamed ^a   Serour, Gamal ^a  

^a EGYPTIAN IVF ET CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

hCG; ICSI; implantation rate; intrauterine hCG; IVF; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455212995     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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