Frozen embryo transfer: Endometrial preparation by letrozole versus hormone replacement cycle: A randomized clinical trial

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 915-922

  Samsami, Alamtaj ^a   Ghasmpour, Leila ^a   Davoodi, Sara ^a   Alamdarloo, Shaghayegh Moradi ^a   Rahmati, Jamshid ^b   Karimian, Ali ^b   Homayoon, Hamide ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Embryo; Endometrial; Frozen; Hormone replacement; Letrozole; Preparation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; LETROZOLE; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SUPPOSITORY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 85077376946     PISSN: 24764108     EISSN: 24763772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18502/ijrm.v17i12.5793     Document Type: Article

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