Falling estradiol levels as a result of intentional reduction in gonadotrophin dose are not associated with poor IVF outcomes, whereas spontaneously falling estradiol levels result in low clinical pregnancy rates
Author(s) -
Sarah C. Fisher,
Andrea Grin,
A. Paltoo,
Heather Shapiro
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deh543
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , fertility , pregnancy rate , in vitro fertilisation , gynecology , retrospective cohort study , estrogen , falling (accident) , cohort , embryo transfer , obstetrics , population , biology , genetics , environmental health
Although estradiol levels remain an integral part of monitoring in most IVF programmes, the effect of falling estradiol on IVF outcome has not been adequately quantified. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of falling estradiol levels prior to hCG on IVF outcome.
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