The relationship of premature progesterone rise with serum estradiol levels and number of follicles in GnRH antagonist/recombinant FSH-stimulated cycles

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-168

  Kyrou, D ^a   Al Azemi, M ^a   Papanikolaou, E G ^a   Donoso, P ^a   Tziomalos, K ^b   Devroey, P ^a   Fatemi, H M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Follicles; GnRH antagonist; Progesterone rise

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861728154     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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