Basal progesterone level as the main determinant of progesterone elevation on the day of hCG triggering in controlled ovarian stimulation cycles

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-176

  Papaleo, Enrico ^a   Corti, Laura ^a   Vanni, Valeria Stella ^a   Pagliardini, Luca ^a   Ottolina, Jessica ^a   De Michele, Francesca ^a   La Marca, Antonio ^b   Viganò, Paola ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; hCG; In vitro fertilization; Partial area under the curve; Progesterone; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903598173     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3167-y     Document Type: Article

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