IVF transfer of fresh or frozen embryos in women without polycystic ovaries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 137-147

  Vuong, Lan N ^a,b   Dang, Vinh Q ^b   Ho, Tuong M ^b,c   Huynh, Bao G ^b   Ha, Duc T ^d   Pham, Toan D ^b   Nguyen, Linh K ^b   Norman, Robert J ^e,f   Mol, Ben W ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^b IVFMD   (Viet Nam)

^c Vietnam National University   (Viet Nam)

^d Intensive Care Unit National Hospital of Can Tho   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f South Australia Health Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DISTRESS; FOLLOW UP; FRESH EMBRYO; FROZEN EMBRYO; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 85040699531     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1703768     Document Type: Article

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