Mid-luteal serum progesterone concentrations govern implantation rates for cryopreserved embryo transfers conducted under hormone replacement

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-191

  Yovich, John L ^a,b   Conceicao, Jason L ^a   Stanger, James D ^a   Hinchliffe, Peter M ^a   Keane, Kevin N ^a,b  

^a PIVET Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst grading; clinical pregnancy rate; HRT; IVF; live birth rate; progesterone pessaries

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LUTEAL PHASE; MONOTHERAPY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA PESSARY; VITRIFICATION; VITRIFICATION DEVICE; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938419570     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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