A prospective randomized multicentre study comparing vaginal progesterone gel and vaginal micronized progesterone tablets for luteal support after in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3467-3473

  Bergh, Christina ^a   Lindenberg, Svend ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Section for Human Reproduction   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IVF; luteal phase support; randomized controlled trial; vaginal progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOSIS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

EID: 84869992570     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des341     Document Type: Article

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