A randomized trial of progesterone in women with recurrent miscarriages

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2141-2148

  Coomarasamy, A ^a   Williams, H ^a   Truchanowicz, E ^a   Seed, P T ^d   Small, R ^b   Quenby, S ^h   Gupta, P ^b   Dawood, F ⁱ   Koot, Y E M ^q   Bender Atik, R ^j   Bloemenkamp, K W M ^r   Brady, R ^e   Briley, A L ^d   Cavallaro, R ^e   Cheong, Y C ^k   Chu, J J ^a   Eapen, A ^a   Ewies, A ^c   Hoek, A ^s   Kaaijk, E M ^t   Koks, C A M ^v   Li, T C ^l   MacLean, M ^m   Mol, B W ^w   Moore, J ⁿ   Ross, J A ^f   Sharpe, L ^e   Stewart, J ^o   Vaithilingam, N ^p   Farquharson, R G ⁱ   Kilby, M D ^a   Khalaf, Y ^g   Goddijn, M ^u   Regan, L ^e   Rai, R ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j The Miscarriage Association   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^p PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^r LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^t ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^u Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Netherlands)

^v MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; ABORTION, HABITUAL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84948399630     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504927     Document Type: Article

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