Luteal-phase ovarian stimulation is feasible for producing competent oocytes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment, with optimal pregnancy outcomes in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-111

  Kuang, Yanping ^a   Hong, Qingqing ^a   Chen, Qiuju ^a   Lyu, Qifeng ^a   Ai, Ai ^a   Fu, Yonglun ^a   Shoham, Zeev ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

frozen embryo transfer; human menopausal gonadotropin; letrozole; LH surge; luteal phase; OHSS; Ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LETROZOLE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TRIPTORELIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891558183     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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