Estradiol supplementation in intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles with thin endometrium

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-45

  Demir, Berfu ^a   Dilbaz, Serdar ^a   Cinar, Ozgur ^a   Ozdegirmenci, Ozlem ^a   Dede, Suat ^a   Dundar, Betul ^a   Goktolga, Umit ^a  

^a Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women's Health Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Estradiol; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Luteal phase support

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRAFEM; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84870524730     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2012.705381     Document Type: Article

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