Intramuscular progesterone versus 8% Crinone vaginal gel for luteal phase support for day 3 cryopreserved embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1464-1469

  Kaser, Daniel J ^a   Ginsburg, Elizabeth S ^a   Missmer, Stacey A ^a,b   Correia, Katharine F ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crinone vaginal gel; frozen; intramuscular progesterone; luteal phase support; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEAL PHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUTEAL PHASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 84870349812     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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