Endometrial thickness as a predictor of pregnancy outcomes in 10787 fresh IVF–ICSI cycles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-205

  Yuan, Xi ^a,b,c   Saravelos, Sotirios H ^b   Wang, Qiong ^a   Xu, Yanwen ^a   Li, Tin Chiu ^b   Zhou, Canquan ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MOH HOLDINGS PTE LTD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

clinical outcome; endometrial thickness; endometrium; IVF ICSI

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ENDOMETRIUM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84969941138     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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