Prediction of in vitro fertilization outcome at different antral follicle count thresholds in a prospective cohort of 1,012 women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-663

  Jayaprakasan, Kannamannadiar ^a,b   Chan, Yeeyin ^a   Islam, Rumana ^a   Haoula, Zeina ^a   Hopkisson, James ^a   Coomarasamy, Arri ^c   Raine Fenning, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antral follicle count; In vitro fertilization; live birth; OHSS; ovarian reserve; three dimensional (3D) ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; NAFARELIN ACETATE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VEIN PUNCTURE; CYTOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865687105     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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