Low as well as high serum P4 levels in the early and mid-luteal phase reduce the chance of a live birth following IVF treatment with fresh embryo transfer: where is the evidence?

C A Venetis^{1

2}, B W Mol³, E M Kolibianakis⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Level 1, AGSM Building G27, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² IVFAustralia, Suite 15, Level 3, St George Private Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Ring Road, N. Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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C A Venetis et al. Hum Reprod. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 1;33(12):2312-2313.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/dey311.

C A Venetis^{1

2}, B W Mol³, E M Kolibianakis⁴

¹ Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Level 1, AGSM Building G27, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² IVFAustralia, Suite 15, Level 3, St George Private Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Ring Road, N. Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Reply: Low as well as high serum P4 levels in the early and mid-luteal phase reduce the chance of a live birth following IVF treatment with fresh embryo transfer.
Thomsen LH, Kesmodel US, Andersen CY, Humaidan P. Thomsen LH, et al. Hum Reprod. 2018 Dec 1;33(12):2314-2315. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dey312. Hum Reprod. 2018. PMID: 30325418 No abstract available.

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