The effect of accompanying dominant follicle development/ovulation on the outcomes of frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in HRT cycle

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 718-723

  Yang, Xuezhou ^a,b   Dong, Xiyuan ^a   Huang, Kai ^a   Wang, Lan ^a   Xiong, Ting ^a   Ji, Licheng ^a   Zhang, Hanwang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Xiangyang Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant follicles; Frozen thawed blastocyst transferred; HRT; Ovulation; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOMINANT FOLLICLES; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROZEN-THAWED BLASTOCYST TRANSFERRED; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HRT; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY RATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DOMINANT FOLLICLES; FROZEN-THAWED BLASTOCYST TRANSFERRED; HRT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883007846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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