Serum HCG measured in the peri-implantation period predicts IVF cycle outcomes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Shapiro, Bruce S ^a,b   Daneshmand, Said T ^a,b   Restrepo, Humberto ^b,c   Garner, Forest C ^a,b  

^a Fertility Center Las Vegas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

early pregnancy; ectopic pregnancy; human chorionic gonadotrophin; implantation; IVF; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOCYST; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865745870     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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