The study of natural versus hormone replacement therapy cycles in frozen embryo transfer in infertile couples on pregnancy outcome: A double blind randomized control trial

Acta Medica Mediterranea

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1765-1769

  Masrour, Mojgan Javedani ^a   Ashtary, Fatemeh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endometrium thickness; Hormonal cycle; Natural cycle; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 85055658289     PISSN: 03936384     EISSN: 22839720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19193/0393-6384_2018_6_270     Document Type: Article

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