Duration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist administration does not affect the outcome of subsequent frozen-thawed cycles

Kostantinos Zikopoulos; Efstratios M Kolibianakis; Michael Camus; Herman Tournaye; Etienne Van den Abbeel; Hubert Joris; André Van Steirteghem; Paul Devroey

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.009

Duration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist administration does not affect the outcome of subsequent frozen-thawed cycles

Fertil Steril. 2004 Feb;81(2):473-5. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.009.

Authors

Kostantinos Zikopoulos, Efstratios M Kolibianakis, Michael Camus, Herman Tournaye, Etienne Van den Abbeel, Hubert Joris, André Van Steirteghem, Paul Devroey

PMID: 14967397
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.08.009

Abstract

The duration of administration of GnRH antagonist in cycles stimulated with recombinant FSH for IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection does not affect the probability of blastocyst replacement and of achieving an ongoing pregnancy in subsequent frozen-thawed cycles.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blastocyst / cytology
Cryopreservation
Embryo Implantation / physiology
Embryo Transfer
Female
Fertilization in Vitro / methods*
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / antagonists & inhibitors*
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Menstrual Cycle / drug effects
Pregnancy
Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / methods*

Substances

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone