Live birth after fresh embryo transfer vs elective embryo cryopreservation/frozen embryo transfer in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing IVF (FreFro-PCOS): Study protocol for a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shi, Yuhua ^a   Wei, Daimin ^a   Liang, Xiaoyan ^b   Sun, Yun ^c   Liu, Jiayin ^d   Cao, Yunxia ^e   Zhang, Bo ^f   Legro, Richard S ^g   Zhang, Heping ^h   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a  

^a Reproductive Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics Key Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Guangxi Matemal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^g PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen thawed embryo transfer; In vitro fertilization; Live birth; Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; VALERIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTIVE EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900034163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-154     Document Type: Article

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