Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1018-1022 , April 2009

Luteal phase estradiol level: a potential predictive marker for successful pregnancy in in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection

  • Ashalatha Ganesh, M.B.B.S., M.M.S.T.

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
    • Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashalatha Ganesh, M.B.B.S., School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721 302, India (FAX: 91-03222-282221).
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  • Sourendrakant Goswami, M.B.B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
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  • Ratna Chattopadhyay, M.B.B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
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  • Chandan Chakraborty, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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  • Koel Chaudhury, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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  • Baidya Nath Chakravarty, M.D., F.R.C.O.G.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India

Received 8 November 2007 ,Revised 16 January 2008 ,Accepted 21 January 2008.

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 A.G. has nothing to disclose. S.G. has nothing to disclose. R.C. has nothing to disclose. C.C. has nothing to disclose. K.C. has nothing to disclose. B.N.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00168-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.074

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1018-1022 , April 2009

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