Luteal phase support for frozen embryo transfer cycles Intramuscular or...
Capsule: This editorial focuses on frozen embryo transfer (FET) or donor oocyte embryo transfer where hormonal therapy is used for endometrial preparation and no functional corpus luteum is present....
View ArticleCurrent clinical irrelevance of luteal phase deficiency A committee opinion
Capsule: This committee opinion addresses controversies regarding the diagnosis and potential treatment of luteal phase inadequacy. Authors: Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive...
View ArticleAssessment of anovulation in eumenorrheic women Comparison of ovulation...
Capsule: Anovulation prevalence among eumenorrheic women varies greatly by algorithm. Urinary LH surge algorithms, such as used in fertility monitors, identified more anovulatory cycles compared with...
View ArticleMetaanalysis of estradiol for luteal phase support in in vitro fertilization...
Capsule: This meta-analysis suggests that estradiol addition during the luteal phase does not improve in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes through oral medication, even with...
View ArticleProgesterone to follicle index is better correlated with in vitro...
Capsule: The progesterone-to-follicle index has a linear and inverse relationship to cycle outcome, unlike blood progesterone, which is detrimental only at high levels. Authors: Yoel Shufaro, M.D.,...
View ArticleTiming luteal support in assisted reproductive technology A systematic review
Capsule: Initiation of progesterone for luteal support may impact pregnancy rates (PRs). Starting progesterone before oocyte retrieval or 6 days after retrieval likely decreases PRs. Authors: Matthew...
View ArticleImpairment of male reproductive function after sleep deprivation
Capsule: Sleep loss can promote marked changes in the male reproductive system in rodents, affecting especially the spermatic function by means of NO pathway modulation. Authors: Tathiana A. Alvarenga,...
View ArticlePerfluoroalkyl substances and ovarian hormone concentrations in naturally...
Capsule: Among 178 naturally cycling women, concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid were inversely associated with salivary E2 and P concentrations. Associations...
View ArticleHigh responders and patients with a good prognosis are not immune to the...
Author: Ernesto Bosch, M.D. Volume 103, Issue 6, Page 1423 Abstract: Reflections on “Are good prognosis patient and embryo characteristics protective from the negative effect of elevated progesterone...
View ArticleDifferential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor angiogenic...
Authors: Xiaoyan Chen, M. Phil., Xiaoying Jin, M.D., Liu Liu, M.D., Chi Wai Man, Ph.D., Jin Huang, Ph.D., Chi Chiu Wang, Ph.D., Songying Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Tin Chiu Li, M.D., Ph.D. Abstract:...
View ArticleProtocols to induce ovulation and progesterone block experiments
Author: Daniela Galliano, MD, PhD Abstract: Clomiphene citrate (CC) was an emerging area of research in the 1960s. It was first used to treat patients with oligomenorrhea, and later as a treatment for...
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