Early Pregnancy Support in an in vitro Fertilization Program: Does Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Reduce the Miscarriage Rate?
| Autor: | Richard Kuan, Rodney Baber, Richard N. Porter, Douglas M. Saunders |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Pregnancy test
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Fertilization in Vitro Biology Chorionic Gonadotropin Miscarriage Human chorionic gonadotropin Andrology Random Allocation Pregnancy medicine Humans reproductive and urinary physiology Clinical Trials as Topic In vitro fertilisation urogenital system Obstetrics Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer Abortion Spontaneous Pregnancy Trimester First medicine.anatomical_structure Gamete Gestation Female hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 14:453-455 |
| ISSN: | 0389-2328 |
| Popis: | In order to determine the effect of early pregnancy support with intermittent injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), 60 patients with positive serum pregnancy tests following in vitro fertilization (IVF) or gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) were randomly allocated into 2 groups. Those in one group were given 5,000 IU of hCG twice weekly until they reached 12 weeks gestation, or miscarried. Those in the other group acted as controls. There was no difference in the serum progesterone level or in pregnancy outcome noted between the 2 groups. The miscarriage rate in each group was 26.6%. It is concluded that exogenous hCG has no significant role to play once biochemical pregnancy has been achieved in patients with normal hormone profiles on an IVF program. |
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