Subtle progesterone rise on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin administration is associated with lower live birth rates in women undergoing assisted reproductive technology: A retrospective study with 2,555 fresh embryo transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-354

  Ochsenkühn, Robert ^a   Arzberger, Andrea ^a   Von Schönfeldt, Viktoria ^b   Gallwas, Julia ^b   Rogenhofer, Nina ^b   Crispin, Alexander ^b   Thaler, Christian J ^b   Noss, Ulrich ^a  

^a Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

embryo transfer; GnRH agonist; IVF; pregnancy rate; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; ESTRADIOL; GANIRELIX; NAFARELIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH RATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864438314     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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