Blastocyst-stage versus cleavage-stage embryo transfer in women with high oestradiol concentrations: Randomized controlled trial

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-798

  Elgindy, Eman A ^a,b   Abou Setta, Ahmed M ^c   Mostafa, Magdy I ^d  

^a Al Banoon Fertility Center   (Egypt)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

blastocyst; cleavage stage embryo; clinical pregnancy; embryo transfer; GnRH agonist; high oestradiol on HCG day

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 82855175093     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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