Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1880-1885 , December 2009

Serum progesterone on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin administration predicts clinical pregnancy of sibling frozen embryos

Presented as a poster presentation at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 21–25, 2006; New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Alex J. Polotsky, M.S., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alex J. Polotsky, M.D., M.S., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer Building, Room 322, Bronx, NY 10461 (FAX: 718-430-8586).
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  • Jennifer L. Daif, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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  • Sangita Jindal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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  • Harry J. Lieman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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  • Nanette Santoro, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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  • Lubna Pal, B.S., M.B., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Montefiore Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
    • Present address: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Received 31 July 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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 A.J.P. has nothing to disclose. J.L.D. has nothing to disclose. S.J. has nothing to disclose. H.J.L. has nothing to disclose. N.S. has nothing to disclose. L.P. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by T32 HD040135 (A.J.P.), K24 HD 41978 (N.S.), and 5K12 RR17672 (L.P.).

PII: S0015-0282(08)03910-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.017

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 6 , Pages 1880-1885 , December 2009

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