Patients undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer have similar live birth rates in spontaneous and artificial cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 403-407

  Hancke, Katharina ^a   More, Sabine ^a   Kreienberg, Rolf ^a   Weiss, Jürgen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial cycle; Frozen thawed embryo transfer (FET); Pregnancy rate; Spontaneous cycle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863207485     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-012-9724-z     Document Type: Article

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